45 Bible Verses about Losing Friends

Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.

And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.

Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.

Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.

Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.

A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;

What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.

That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.

Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.