Thematic Bible: Being Forsaken by friends


Thematic Bible



I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.


Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination to them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.



Then said his wife to him, Dost thou still retain thy integrity? curse God, and die.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance are verily estranged from me. My kinsmen have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. read more.
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth. My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of my own body. Yes, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me. All my intimate friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.




At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.