49 Bible Verses about Losing A Friend

A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

The righteous chooses his friends carefully: but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

He that covers over a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates close friends.

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Lover and friend have you put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and contentions are like the bars of a castle.

He that is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it: and he that hates being surety is secure.

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

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

I will seek those who were lost, and bring again those who were driven away, and will bind up those who were broken, and will strengthen those who were sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

So is the man that deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not jesting?

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she loses one piece, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she finds it?

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own life?

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give you much more than this.

Therefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do.

If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.

And when she has found it, she calls her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

So Job died, being old and full of days.

And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

I have decided what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things beforehand, beware lest you also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that has left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

And the donkeys of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant have you been unto me: your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.

For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

But if you will go, do it, be strong for the battle: but God shall make you fall before the enemy: for God has power to help, and to cast down.

The LORD is near unto them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit.

You adulterers and adulteresses, know you not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

And everyone that has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,

And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;