15 Bible Verses about Bad Friends

Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."

A righteous person will seek out his neighbor, but the way of the wicked will lead them astray.

A man of [many] friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.

Where there is no guidance, a nation shall fall, but [there is] safety in an abundance of counsel.

Many a person will proclaim his loyalty [for] himself, but a man [who is] trustworthy, who can find?

Two [are] better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil. For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is {no one} to help him up.

A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none, but knowledge {comes easily to him who understands}. Leave {the presence of a foolish man}, [for] you will not [come to] know {words of knowledge}.

And just as you want people {to do} to you, do {the same} to them.

The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

Do not befriend an owner of {anger}, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate; lest you learn his way and become entangled in a snare to yourself.

Thus Job's three friends heard of this calamity that had come upon him. So each set out from his [own] place: Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. And they met together to come to console him and to comfort him.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of [the] wicked; nor does he stand in [the] way of sinners; nor does he sit in [the] assembly of mockers.

But now I have written to you not to associate with any so-called brother, if he is a sexually immoral person or a greedy person or an idolater or an abusive person or a drunkard or a swindler--with such a person not even to eat.

The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.