There is strength and safety in friendship

 “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” (Eccles. 4:9-12 ESV)

Jesus is among friends who Father in His Name

“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” (Matt.18:20 ESV)

Friends sharpen friends

“Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” (Prov. 27:17 ESV)

Jesus calls you friend

“No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.” (John 15:15 ESV)

No greater friend than this

“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13 ESV)