46 Bible Verses about Fake Friends

Wealth makes many friends but poverty drives them away.

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

Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor. Do not trust any brother because every brother deals craftily (cunningly), and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

So is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says: I was only joking.

You are smearing me with lies. As doctors you are worthless, all of you!

In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brothers;

My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

Do not put your faith in your neighbor. Do not trust a friend! Guard your lips from her who lies in your bosom (is your intimate companion).

Do not spread false rumors. Do not help a guilty person by offering false testimony.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see whether they are from God. This is because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brothers.

Come, each one cries, let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better.

Now I beseech you, brothers, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine you have learned and avoid them.

A friend loves at all times. A true brother is born for adversity.

What then? That in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed! For that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice!

Many will stumble and betray and hate one another.

Some preach Christ from envy and strife and some from good will.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you! Their fathers did the same to the prophets.

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

The one who walks with wise men will be wise. A companion of fools will be destroyed.

A false witness will not go unpunished. The liar will not escape.

If any of my people or a prophet or a priest even uses the words: 'Jehovah's infallable utterance,' I will punish them and their families.

Do not make false accusations. Do not put an innocent person to death. I will condemn anyone who does this evil thing.

Your silver is not pure. Your beer is watered down.

The visions your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish! They have not made you fully aware of your sin so your fate might be changed. They have seen for you false words, driving you away.

It will happen when any attempt to prophesy, the father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him: You will not live, for you speak lies in the name of Jehovah. They will stab him through when he prophesies.

O Timothy, guard that which is committed to you. Turn away from the empty speeches that violate what is holy and from opposition and from false knowledge.

They speak evil words about you because of their extreme greed. They will exploit you with false evil words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle. Their destruction will not delay.

Truly a fool hides hatred with lying lips, and speaks slander.

So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them: Should I attack Ramoth, or not? They answered: Attack, Jehovah will give you victory.

Elders and dignitaries are the head, and prophets who teach lies are the tail.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil and cling to good.

Watch out for the false prophets. They are disguised as sheep. But in their hearts they are vicious wolves.

Ahab answered: There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, always something bad. The king should not say such things! Jehoshaphat replied.

Do not (lie) accuse anyone falsely.

If someone comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different good news, which you did not accept, you do well to put up with him.

If it is so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the blazing furnace. He will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

They ran out of wine. So the mother of Jesus said to him: They have no wine.

Another thing you do is drown Jehovah's altar with tears, weeping and wailing. This is because he no longer accepts the offerings you bring him.

Brothers, do not speak against each other. He who speaks against a brother, or judges 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.

Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor's life. I am Jehovah.

So Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed (rush) in one day.

in order to lead you to worship and serve gods that you have not worshiped before, and even if what they promise comes true,

Do not pray like the hypocrites! They want everyone to see them in the houses of worship and on the street corners. I assure you they have been paid in full.

They profess that they know God; but deny him by their works! They are detestable, disobedient, and not approved for any good work.