17 Bible Verses about Fake Friends

by journeyings often; by perils of rivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils from the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness, by perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren;

My children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

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

But I exhort your brethren, to mark those who are causing divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned; and avoid them.

What then? Notwithstanding, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and therein do I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

And then will many fall away; and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will.

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

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the profane babblings, and oppositions of the falselycalled knowledge;

and in covetousness will they with feigned words make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment long ago ordained lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

Let your love be unfeigned. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good.

Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye did not receive, or another gospel, which ye did not accept, well might ye bear with it.

And they had no wine, because the wine of the feast had failed. Then the mother of Jesus saith to him, There is no wine.

Speak not against one another, brethren; he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

And when ye pray, ye 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 by men. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward.

They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and for every good work reprobate.