15 Bible Verses about Bad Friends

Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor. The way of the wicked leads others astray.

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

The one who walks with wise men will be wise. A companion of fools will be destroyed.

The people fall where there is no counsel. Yes, the people fall but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

Most men proclaim their own loyalty; but who can find a trustworthy man?

Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor. If they fall, the one will lift up his companion. Woe to him who is alone when he falls for he has no one to help him.

A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it. Knowledge is easy to him who discerns. Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive that he does not have lips of knowledge.

As you would like men to do to you, do also to them.

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

Do not befriend an angry man. Do not associate with a man who throws fits. If you do you will learn his ways and you will become trapped.

Job's three friends heard about all the terrible things that happened to him. Each of them came from his home: Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama. They agreed they would go together to sympathize with Job and comfort him.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of the scornful mockers.

I wrote you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother who is a fornicator, or who is greedy, or who worships idols, or constantly gets drunk, or cheats people. Do not even eat with such a person.

A friend loves at all times. A true brother is born for adversity.