17 Bible Verses about Abandoning Friends

Thine own friend and thy father's friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.

Failed me, have my near of kin, and, mine intimate acquaintances, have forgotten me;

And they, all, forsook, him, and fled.

All the brethren of a poor man, hate him, how much more have, his friends, gone far from him, he may hunt up promises - there are none.

For, Demas, hath forsaken me, having loved the present age, and hath journeyed unto Thessalonica; Crescens unto Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia:

When, my own father and mother, had forsaken me, Then, Yahweh, took me up!

Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me, - Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth! Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands. For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? Selah.read more.
Shall Thy lovingkindness be recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness, in destruction? Shall any wonder of thine, be known in the dark? Or, thy righteousness, in the land of forgetfulness? But, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee! Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me? Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee - I shall be distracted! Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me; They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together: Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.

Without fondness for money, be your way of life, - being content with the present things, - for, he, hath said: In nowise, thee, will I leave, no indeed! in nowise, thee, will I forsake:

Be not deceiving yourselves, - evil communications corrupt gentle manners: -

A man having many friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.

Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me, - Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!

Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.

Then Jehu smote all that were left remaining unto the house of Ahab, in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his acquaintances and his priests, - until there was not left remaining to him, a survivor.

Therefore hast thou abandoned thy people the house of Jacob, Because they have become full of the And use hidden arts like the Philistines, - And with the children of foreigners, strike hands; -

Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;

For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they! have betrayed thee, Even they, have cried after thee with full voice, - Do not trust in them, though they speak unto thee fair words.

For a small moment, I forsook thee, - But, with abounding compassions, do I embrace thee: