27 Bible Verses about Losing Friends

Every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, on account of my Name, will receive many times as much, and will 'gain Immortal Life.'

He who has found his life will lose it, while he who, for my sake, has lost his life shall find it.

To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.

And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.

And, on reaching home, he calls his friends and his neighbors together, and says 'Come and rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'

Jesus also said to them: "Suppose that one of you who has a friend were to go to him in the middle of the night and say 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

And that in this way the words of Scripture came true-- "Abraham believed God, and that was regarded by God as righteousness," and "He was called the friend of God."

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

My Brothers, should one of you be led astray from the Truth, and some one bring him back again,

Unfaithful people! Do not you know that to be friends with the world means to be at enmity with God? Therefore whoever chooses to be friends with the world makes himself an enemy to God.

I know what I will do, so that, as soon as I am turned out of my stewardship, people may welcome me into their homes.'

So, too, it is the will of my Father who is in Heaven that not one of these lowly ones should be lost.

"I tell you," he answered, "that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, on account of the Kingdom of God,

You will be betrayed even by your parents and brothers and relations and friends, and they will cause some of you to be put to death,

Never flagging in zeal; fervent in spirit; serving the Master;

Therefore encourage one another, and try to build up one another's characters, as indeed you are doing.

Whilst I was with them, I kept them by that revelation, and I have guarded them; and not one of them has been lost, except that lost soul--in fulfillment of Scripture.

Do you, therefore, dear friends, now that you know this beforehand, be on your guard against being led away by the errors of reckless people, and so lapsing from your present steadfastness;

His reply, spoken to them all, was: "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's teaching and do what it bids."

But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation--

What good is it to a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

I tell you that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.

"I tell you," said Jesus, "there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, on my account and on account of the Good News,

Or rather that both you and I may find encouragement in each other's faith.

Salt is good, but, if the salt should lose its saltiness, what will you use to season it? You must have salt in yourselves, and live at peace with one another."

And, when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, and says 'Come and rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost.'

We do not wish you to remain in ignorance, Brothers, with regard to those who have passed to their rest, that your grief may not be like that of others, who have no hope.