17 Bible Verses about Fake Friends

Often in journeys, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

Little children, let us love with divine love not in word, nor in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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

But I exhort you, brethren, to mark those who cause divisions and stumblings, contrary to the teaching which you have learned, and depart from them.

For what is it? moreover that in every place, whether in pretext or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and I rejoice in this, yes, and I will rejoice.

and then many will be offended; and they will betray one another, and hate one another.

Some indeed through envy and strife, and some through good will, are preaching Christ:

Woe unto you when all the people may speak well of you! because according to the same things their fathers were accustomed to do to the false prophets.

O Timothy, stand guard over that which has been committed to you, avoiding unsanctified, empty talks and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called,

and in their covetousness they will sell you with their soft speeches: unto whom judgment from olden time tarries not, and their destruction does not slumber.

Let love be free from hypocrisy. Abhorring the evil, cleaving to the good:

But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are rapacious wolves.

For if indeed one coming preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or you receive another spirit, which you did not receive, or another gospel which you did not receive, well do you bear with him.

And they had no wine, because the wine of the marriage was exhausted. Then the mother of Jesus says to Him, There is no wine.

Do not calumniate one another, brethren: the one speaking against his brother, and judging his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law: if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

They profess to know God, but deny him by their works, being abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate unto every good work.