46 Bible Verses about Losing Friends

Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

The righteous person is cautious with respect to his neighbor, but the lifestyle of the wicked leads them astray.

A man with many friends can still be ruined, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother.

In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it."

As for my best friend, the one in whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, even he has insulted me!

that's what someone is like who lies to his neighbor and then says, "I was joking, wasn't I?"

Securing a loan for a stranger will bring suffering, but by refusing to do so, one remains safe.

"But I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can't do anything more.

Then many people will fall away, will betray one another, and will hate one another.

You caused my friend and neighbor to shun me; and my acquaintances are confused. An instruction. By Ethan, the Ezrahite

Then he goes home, calls his friends and neighbors together, and says to them, "Rejoice with me, because I've found my lost sheep!'

Then he told them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, "Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.

If you grow weary when times are troubled, your strength is limited.

And so the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." And so he was called God's friend.

"Or suppose a woman has ten coins and loses one of them. She lights a lamp, sweeps the house, and searches carefully until she finds it, doesn't she?

An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and his disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

My brothers, if one of you wanders away from the truth and somebody brings him back,

Anyone who overlooks an offense promotes love, but someone who gossips separates close friends.

You adulterers! Don't you know that friendship with the world means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.

Counsel belongs to me, along with sound judgment. I am understanding. Power belongs to me.

I know what I'll do so that people will welcome me into their homes when I'm dismissed from my job.'

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

Many curry favor of an official; everyone is a friend of the gift giver.

"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying but then he brags as he walks away after the sale.

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death.

Never be lazy in showing such devotion. Be on fire with the Spirit. Serve the Lord.

The LORD restored Job's prosperity after he prayed for his friends. The LORD doubled everything that Job had once possessed.

So then, encourage one another and build each other up, as you are doing.

While I was with them, I protected them by the authority that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined for destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

And so, dear friends, since you already know these things, continuously be on your guard not to be carried away by the deception of lawless people. Otherwise, you may fall from your secure position.

But he answered those people, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear a message from God and heed it."

All of this comes from God, who has reconciled us to himself through the Messiah and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?

I tell you, even though that man doesn't want to get up and give him anything because he is his friend, he will get up and give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.

When Job's three friends heard all these tragedies that happened to him, they each traveled from their home towns to visit him. Eliphaz came from Teman, Bildad came from Shuah, and Zophar came from Naamath. They met together and went to console and comfort him.

Jesus said, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or fields because of me and the gospel

A bad tooth and an unsteady foot that's what confidence in an unreliable man is like in a time of trouble.

that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.

Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor? Keep on having salt among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."

My heart pounds, my strength fails me, even the gleam in my eye is gone.

The intimate counsel of the LORD is for those who fear him so they may know his covenant.

When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, "Rejoice with me, because I have found the coin that I lost!'

and sat with Job on the ground for a full week without saying a word, since they could see the great extent of his anguish.

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve like other people who have no hope.