15 Bible Verses about Bad Friends

Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work. And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.

The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man. Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man: For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.