49 Bible Verses about Losing A Friend

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

The Lord values the lives of his faithful followers.

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.

The one who puts up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands will be secure.

Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

So the Lord restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all that had belonged to Job.

Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.'

Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them -- with judgment!

When Job's three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country -- Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him.

so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Was I not only joking?"

"Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

Amaziah asked the prophet: "But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?" The prophet replied, "The Lord is capable of giving you more than that."

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.

If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!

Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.'

When Jesus heard this, he said, "This sickness will not lead to death, but to God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

And so Job died, old and full of days.

And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.'

The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.

Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.

Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom

He did what the Lord approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.

Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.

The donkeys of Saul's father Kish wandered off, so Kish said to his son Saul, "Take one of the servants with you and go look for the donkeys."

I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, look, the one you love is sick."

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating."

The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.

Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.