45 Bible Verses about Losing Friends

Wealth makes many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.

The righteous man is a guide to his neighbor,
But the way of the wicked leads them astray.

The man of too many friends [chosen indiscriminately] will be broken in pieces and come to ruin,
But there is a [true, loving] friend who [is reliable and] sticks closer than a brother.

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

Whoever finds his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity].

Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].

So is the man who deceives his neighbor (acquaintance, friend)
And then says, “Was I not joking?”

He who puts up security and guarantees a debt for an outsider will surely suffer [for his foolishness],
But he who hates (declines) being a guarantor is secure [from its penalties].

“I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do.

At that time many will be offended and repelled [by their association with Me] and will fall away [from the One whom they should trust] and will betray one another [handing over believers to their persecutors] and will hate one another.

Lover and friend You have placed far from me;
My familiar friends are in darkness.

And when he gets home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’

Then He said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves [of bread];

If you are slack (careless) in the day of distress,
Your strength is limited.

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and this [faith] was credited to him [by God] as righteousness and as conformity to His will,” and he was called the friend of God.

“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins [each one equal to a day’s wages] and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city,
And contentions [separating families] are like the bars of a castle.

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth and falls into error and [another] one turns him back [to God],

He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love,
But he who repeats or gossips about a matter separates intimate friends.

You adulteresses [disloyal sinners—flirting with the world and breaking your vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world’s friend [that is, loving the things of the world] is being God’s enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

“Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, power and strength are mine.

I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management, people [who are my master’s debtors] will welcome me into their homes.’

So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones be lost.

Many will seek the favor of a generous and noble man,
And everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.

“It is [almost] worthless, it is [almost] worthless,” says the buyer [as he negotiates the price];
But when he goes his way, then he boasts [about his bargain].

And He said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

But you will be betrayed and handed over even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death,

never lagging behind in diligence; aglow in the Spirit, enthusiastically serving the Lord;

The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Therefore encourage and comfort one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.

While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and protected them, and not one of them was lost except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

Therefore, [let me warn you] beloved, knowing these things beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men [who distort doctrine] and fall from your own steadfastness [of mind, knowledge, truth, and faith],

But He answered, “My mother and My brothers are these who listen to the word of God and do it!”

But all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ [making us acceptable to Him] and gave us the ministry of reconciliation [so that by our example we might bring others to Him],

For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world [with all its pleasures], and forfeit his soul?

I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything just because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence and boldness he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

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

Jesus said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, there is no one who has given up a house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake,

Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot
Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.

that is, that we may be mutually encouraged and comforted by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me;
And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.

The secret [of the wise counsel] of the Lord is for those who fear Him,
And He will let them know His covenant and reveal to them [through His word] its [deep, inner] meaning.

And when she has found it, she calls together her [women] friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I found the lost coin!’

So they sat down on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, believers, about those who are asleep [in death], so that you will not grieve [for them] as the others do who have no hope [beyond this present life].