46 Bible Verses about Fake Friends
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and trust you not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.
In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by 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.
Trust not in a friend, put not confidence in a companion: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom.
You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Come you, they say, I will bring wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
What then? only that, every way, whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to 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 a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
A false witness shall not be 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 even punish that man and his house.
Keep far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water:
Your prophets have seen vain and foolish things for you: and they have not uncovered your iniquity, to turn away your captivity; but have given you false oracles and causes of banishment.
And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, You shall not live; for you speak 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 your trust, avoiding profane and vain utterances, and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge:
And through covetousness shall they with false words exploit you: whose judgment of old now lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire 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.
For if he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.
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 your hand, O king.
And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said unto him, They have no wine.
And this have you done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, because he regards not the offering any more, or receives it with good will at your hand.
Speak not 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.
You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
And the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke unto you, and he says, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them;
And when you pray, you shall 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 have their reward.
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
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