Proverbs on Friendships/Neighbors
Proverbs 3:27-28
Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them. If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say, “Come back tomorrow, and then I will help you.”
Proverbs 3:29
Do not plot against your neighbors, for they trust you.
Proverbs 11:12
It is foolish to belittle a neighbor; a person with good sense remains silent.
Proverbs 12:26
The Godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray.
Proverbs 17:9
Disregarding another person’s faults preserves love; telling about them separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:17
A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.
Proverbs 18:24
There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19:22
Loyalty makes a person attractive. And it is better to be poor than dishonest.
Proverbs 20:6
Many will say they are loyal friends, but who can find one who is really faithful?
Proverbs 22:24-25
Keep away from angry, short-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.
Proverbs 24:28-29
Do not testify spitefully against innocent neighbors; don’t lie about them and don’t say, “Now I can pay them back for all their meanness to me! I’ll get even!”
Proverbs 25:20
Singing cheerful songs to a person whose heart is heavy is as bad as stealing someone’s jacket in cold weather or rubbing salt in a wound.
Proverbs 26:18-19
Just as damaging as a mad man shooting a lethal weapon is someone who lies to a friend and then says, “I was only joking.”
Proverbs 27:5-6
An open rebuke is better than hidden love! Wounds from a friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.
Proverbs 27:9
The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.
Proverbs 27:10
Never abandon a friend – either yours or your father’s. Then in your time of need, you won’t have to ask your relatives for assistance. It is better to go to a neighbor than a relative who lives far away.
Proverbs 27:14
If you shout a pleasant greeting to your neighbor too early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse!
Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, a friend sharpens a friend.
Proverbs 28:23
In the end, people appreciate frankness more than flattery.
Proverbs 29:5
To flatter people [neighbors] is to lay a trap for their feet.