21 Bible Verses about Friends Failing

Wealth makes many friends but poverty drives them away.

The brothers of the poor hate him. His friends leave him. He pursues them with words but they do not listen!

A man with friends must be friendly! A friend sticks closer than a brother.

For I have heard the whispering of many: Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him! All my trusted friends are watching for my fall. They say: Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him and take our revenge on him.

If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your very best friend tries to secretly entice you, saying: 'Let us go and serve other gods, gods neither you nor your fathers have known, the gods of the people who are around you from one end of the earth to the other end.' Do not yield to him or listen to him. Your eye should not have pity on him. You should not spare or conceal him.read more.
You must kill him! Your hand should be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. Stone him to death because he has sought to draw you away from Jehovah your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I am shut in, and I cannot get out.

You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!

My relatives and my closest friends have stopped coming. My houseguests have forgotten me.

Therefore, Jehovah says: I am laying stumbling blocks before this people. They will stumble against them, Fathers and sons together; Neighbors and friends will perish.

Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

But it is you, my equal, my close friend, and a well-known companion!

You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.

In return for my love, they accuse me, but I pray for them.

She weeps bitterly in the night. Her cheeks are wet from crying. Her lovers offer no comfort. Her friends have been false to her. They have become her enemies.

In it I saw all the women left in Judah's royal palace being led out to the king of Babylonia's officers. Listen to what they were saying as they went. The king's best friends misled him, they overruled him. And now that his feet have sunk in the mud, his friends have left him.

All your lovers have forgotten you, and they do not want you anymore. I have punished you as an enemy would. I have corrected you as a cruel person would. You are very wicked, and you have many sins.

Jesus told him: Do that for which you came. They laid hands on Jesus, and captured him.

All the men allied with you have brought you to the border. The men that were at peace with you have deceived you and prevailed against you! They eat your bread and lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him (Edom).

Many ask favors of the prince. Every man is a friend of a person who gives gifts.

Parent, brothers and sisters and friends will turn you over and cause you to be put to death.

As a result of this Pilate sought to release him. The Jews cried out: If you release this man you are not Caesar's friend. Every one that makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.