Bible Verses About
Relationships
Verses on building godly relationships — the power of community, the danger of bad company, and the blessing of those who sharpen you.
No one was designed to do life alone. These verses on relationships reveal the profound power of connection — that iron sharpens iron, that two are better than one, that the words you speak to others either build up or tear down. Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good character. But the right relationships — the ones rooted in truth, love, and accountability — are among God's greatest gifts. Invest in people. Build one another up. The body of Christ is meant to function together.
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”
Colossians 3:13
Meditation Guide
Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Visualize these words settling into your spirit like rain on thirsty ground.
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”
Colossians 3:13
Meditation Guide
Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Visualize these words settling into your spirit like rain on thirsty ground.
More Verses for Relationships
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up; Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
Proverbs 17:17
“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.”
Proverbs 27:17
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”
1 Corinthians 15:33
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
Ephesians 4:29
“And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.”
Ruth 1:16
“With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:2
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.”
Romans 12:10
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