17 Bible Verses about Fake Friends

In journeying s often, in perils from rivers, in perils from robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.

Beloved, believe not every spirit; but prove the spirits, whether they are from God: for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark those who make divisions and cause offenses in opposition to the teaching which you have learned, and avoid them.

What difference does this make? Christ is, nevertheless, preached in every way, whether in pretense or in truth; and in this I rejoice, yes, and I will rejoice:

And then will many be ensnared, and they will deliver one another up, and hate one another;

Some, indeed, preach the Christ, because of envy and a contentious disposition, and some because of good-will.

Alas for you, when men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Timothy, keep that which is committed to your charge, avoiding those profane and empty babblings, and disputations about knowledge falsely so called;

and, with delusive words, they will, through covetousness, make gain of you: the condemnation, long ago denounced against these, delays not, and their destruction does not slumber.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good;

But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravenous wolves.

For if he that comes should preach another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or, if you receive another Spirit, which you did not receive, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you would well bear with him.

And the wine having failed, the mother of Jesus said to him: They have no wine.

Do not speak evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.