17 Bible Verses about Abandoning Friends

Do not forget your friends or your father's friends. If you are in trouble, do not ask a relative for help. A nearby neighbor can help you more than relatives who are far away.

My relatives and my closest friends have stopped coming. My houseguests have forgotten me.

They all left him, and fled.

The brothers of the poor hate him. His friends leave him. He pursues them with words but they do not listen!

For Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

Even if my father and mother abandon (forsake) me, Jehovah will take care of me.

You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I am shut in, and I cannot get out. My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Jehovah. I stretch out my hands to you in prayer. Will you perform miracles for those who are dead? Will the dead rise and give thanks to you?read more.
Will anyone tell about your loving kindness in the grave or about your faithfulness after they parish? Will anyone know about your miracles in that dark place or about your righteousness (mercy) in the place of destruction? I cry out to you for help, O Jehovah, and in the morning my prayer will come before you. Why do you reject me, O Jehovah? Why do you hide your face from me (turn from me)? Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair. Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me. They swirl around me all day long like water. They surround me on all sides. You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!

You should be free from the love of money. Be content with what you have, for he has said: I will not leave you. I will not forsake you.

Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.

A man with friends must be friendly! A friend sticks closer than a brother.

You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I am shut in, and I cannot get out.

You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!

Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.

Jehovah, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob, because they are filled with Eastern influences. They practice witchcraft like the Philistines, and they make deals with foreigners.

She is unfaithful to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows to God.

Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you. They join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words.

For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.