46 Bible Verses about Fake Friends

Wealth addeth many friends; but the poor is separated from his friend.

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

Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.

so is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?

For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the nations, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils on the sea, in perils among false brethren;

Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.

Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.

Come, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

But I beseech you, brethren, to consider those who create divisions and occasions of falling, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learnt, and turn away from them.

The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

What is it then? at any rate, in every way, whether in pretext or in truth, Christ is announced; and in this I rejoice, yea, also I will rejoice;

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

Some indeed also for envy and strife, but some also for good will, preach the Christ.

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

A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful man in the day of trouble.

He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.

A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.

Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is mixed with water:

Thy prophets have seen vanity and folly for thee; and they have not revealed thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee burdens of falsehood and causes of expulsion.

And it shall come to pass, if any shall yet prophesy, that his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,

And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.

He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool.

And the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and the Lord will give it into the king's hand.

the ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to good:

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

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

For if indeed he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or ye get a different Spirit, which ye have not got, or a different glad tidings, which ye have not received, ye might well bear with it.

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.

And wine being deficient, the mother of Jesus says to him, They have no wine.

And further ye do this: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the oblation any more, nor receiveth it with satisfaction at your hand.

Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against his brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if thou judgest the law, thou art not doer of the law, but judge.

Thou shalt not go about as a talebearer among thy people; thou shalt not stand up against the life of thy neighbour: I am Jehovah.

And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day:

and the sign or the wonder come to pass that he told unto thee, when he said, Let us go after other gods, whom thou hast not known, and let us serve them,

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

They profess to know God, but in works deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.