46 Bible Verses about Fake Friends

Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

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

Take heed each one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

so is the man that destroys his friend and says, Am I not in sport?

That ye are certainly forgers of lies; ye are all physicians of no value.

in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by those of my nation, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

My little children, let us not love in word neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

Do not believe in a friend, do not trust in a prince; from her that lies at thy side, take care, open not thy mouth.

Thou shalt not admit a false rumour; put not thine hand with the wicked to be a false witness.

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

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

a false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.

Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, or much more excellent.

And I beseech you, brethren, mark those who cause dissensions and offences outside of the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached, and I therein do rejoice, and will even rejoice.

And then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another.

Some indeed preach the Christ even out of envy and strife, but others also out of good will.

Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers treat the false prophets.

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but the companion of fools shall be destroyed.

A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.

And as for the prophet and the priest and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will visit upon that man and upon his house.

Keep thee far from a false matter; and slay thou not the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

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

Nun Thy prophets have preached vanity and foolishness unto thee; and they have not uncovered thine iniquity to turn away thy captivity but have preached unto thee vain prophecies and digressions.

And it shall come to pass, that when anyone else shall prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesies.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, turn away from profane voices and vain things and arguments in the vain name of science,

and in covetousness they shall make merchandise of you with feigned words, upon whom the condemnation from a long time ago does not delay, and their perdition does not sleep.

He that hides hatred has lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

The ancient and venerable to look upon is the head; the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.

Let love be without dissimulation, abhorring that which is evil, causing you to come unto that which is good;

Keep yourselves also from the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

And the king of Israel replied unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah, the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Thou shalt not give false testimony against thy neighbour.

Therefore if anyone comes preaching another Jesus whom we have not preached or if ye receive another spirit from that which ye have received or another gospel from that which ye have accepted, ye bear well with it.

Behold, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

And being short of wine, the mother of Jesus said unto him, They have no wine.

And once again ye shall cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, for I shall not even look at the offering any more to receive a free will offering from your hand.

Murmur not against one another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a keeper of the law, but a judge.

Thou shalt not travel about as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the LORD.

Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them,

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

They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him, being abominable and rebellious and reprobate unto every good work.