The best Bible verses for friendship for kids include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for friendship for kids, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you."1 Peter 4:12
"Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you."1 Peter 4:12
"Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God."2 Corinthians 7:1
"Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking."2 Peter 3:1
"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day."2 Peter 3:8
"So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him."2 Peter 3:14
"Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position."2 Peter 3:17
"Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are confident of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation."Hebrews 6:9
"You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God."James 4:4
"“Beware of your friends; do not trust your brothers. For every brother is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer."Jeremiah 9:4
"And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.’”"Jeremiah 20:6
"Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is none to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies."Lamentations 1:2
"Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends."Luke 2:44
"So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof."Luke 7:6
Scripture does not change for its audience, but which passages land does. The 15 verses below were chosen because they are accessible to friendship for kids without being condescending — plain in their language, concrete in their imagery, and short enough to hold in mind.
The point is not a simplified Bible. It is picking the passages that already speak clearly, so the reader meets the text itself rather than a paraphrase of it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for friendship for kids are 1 Peter 4:12, 2 Corinthians 7:1, 2 Peter 3:1. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to friendship for kids across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for friendship for kids, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.