46 Bible Verses about Losing Friends

Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.

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

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.

and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And'such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him;

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

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

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

Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and'some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it.

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;

For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel's sake,

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

that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.

And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.