46 Bible Verses about Fake Friends

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.