15 Bible Verses about Bad Friends

Be not deceived: malicious speakings corrupt good manners.

The righteous is liberal unto his neighbour, but the way of the ungodly will deceive themselves.

A friend that delighteth in love, doth a man more friendship, and sticketh faster unto him than a brother.

He that goeth in the company of wise men, shall be wise; but whoso is a companion of fools shall be hurt.

Where no good counsel is, there the people decay; but whereas are many that can give counsel, there is wealth.

Many there be that would be called good-doers; but where shall one find a true faithful man?

Therefore two are better than one, for they may well enjoy the profit of their labour. If one of them fall, his companion helpeth him up again: But woe is him that is alone, for if he fall, he hath not another to help him up.

A scornful body seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy to come by, unto him that will understand. See that thou meddle not with a fool; and do as though thou hadst no knowledge.

And as ye would that men should do to you: so do ye to them likewise.

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Make no friendship with an angry willful man, and keep no company with the furious; lest thou learn his ways, and receive hurt unto thy soul.

Now when Job's friends heard of all the trouble that happened to him, there came three of them, every one from his own place: namely, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they were agreed together to come, to shew their compassion on him, and to comfort him.

O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

but now I write unto you that ye company not together. If any that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or a worshipper of images, either a railer, either a drunkard, or an extortioner: with him that is such see that ye eat not.

He is a friend that always loveth, and in adversity a man shall know who is his brother.