17 Bible Verses about Fake Friends

in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from the heathen; in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers in the sea, in dangers among false brethren:

My beloved children, let us love not in word, neither 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 are gone out into the world.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them.

What then? still every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

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

Some indeed preach Christ even through envy and strife; but some through good will.

Wo to you, when all men shall speak well of you; for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

O Timotheus, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding prophane, empty babblings, and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called: Which some professing have erred from the faith.

And through covetousness will they with feigned speeches make merchandize of you, whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good.

But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

If indeed he that cometh preach another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another Spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

And wine falling short, the mother of Jesus saith to him, They have not wine.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law. But if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

And when thou prayest, thou shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may appear to men: verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

They profess to know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and void of judgment as to every good work.