17 Bible Verses about Fake Friends

I have been on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the wilderness, in danger at sea, and in danger from false brethren;

Little children, let us not love in word or tongue but in deed and in truth.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

I urge you, brethren, to take note of those who cause divisions and difficulties, contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; avoid them.

What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,

And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.

Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from long ago their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.

Let love be genuine. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

When the wine was gone, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."

Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.

"And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable and disobedient, unfit for any good deed.