49 Bible Verses about Losing A Friend

A man who has friends may be broken up, but there is a Lover who sticks closer than a brother.

He who finds his life shall lose it. And he who loses his life for My sake shall find it.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked seduces them.

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends.

Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of His saints.

Brothers, if anyone among you err from the truth, and if anyone turns him back,

And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

You have taken lover and friend far from me, and those who know me into darkness.

A brother offended is like a strong city; and their disagreements are like the bars of a fortress.

He who is surety for a stranger shall be ruined; and he who hates suretyship is safe.

And He said to them, which of you shall have a friend and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends. Also Jehovah added to Job all that had been his, to double.

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

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

I will seek the lost, and bring again those driven away, and will bind up the broken, and will strengthen the sick. But I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

And Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and they each one came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had met together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does she not light a lamp and sweep the house, and seek carefully until she finds it?

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

Jesus said to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life! He who believes in Me, though he die, yet he shall live.

For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

And hearing, those with Him went out to take hold of Him; for they said, He is insane.

And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, Jehovah is able to give you much more than this.

Therefore comfort one another, and edify one another, even as you also do.

If you faint in the day of trial, your strength is small.

And when she has found it, she calls her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.

When Jesus heard, He said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God might be glorified by it.

Even so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

And Job died, being old and full of days.

And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

I know what I will do, so that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receive me into their houses.

He who loves his life shall lose it. And he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.

Therefore, beloved, knowing beforehand, beware lest being led away with the error of the lawless, you fall from your own steadfastness.

And He said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

And he did the right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.

Even a man, my friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Please take one of the servants with you and rise, and go look for the asses.

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. Very pleasant you have been to me. Your love to me was wonderful, more than the love of women.

My heart pants; my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

Then his sisters sent to Him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.

For if their casting away is the reconciling of the world, what is the reception except life from the dead?

But if you will go, do it! Be strong for the battle, for God shall make you fall before the enemy, for God has power to help and to throw down.

Jehovah is near to the broken-hearted; and saves those who are of a contrite spirit.

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

And everyone who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

Then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

And Jesus answered and said, Truly I say to you, There is no man that has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my sake and the gospel's sake,

And He also spoke a parable to them to teach it is always right to pray, and not to faint,