15 Bible Verses about Bad Friends

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.

A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding. Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.