46 Bible Verses about Losing Friends

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor will be left by his friends.

A righteous person will seek out his neighbor, but the way of the wicked will lead them astray.

A man of [many] friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields on account of my name will receive a hundred times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.

Even {my close friend}, whom I trusted, [who] ate my bread, has lifted [his] heel against me.

so [is] a man who deceives his neighbor, but says "Am I not joking?"

He will suffer trouble when he loans to a stranger, but he who refuses a pledge is safe.

"And I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after these [things] do not have anything more to do.

And then many will be led into sin and will betray one another and will hate one another,

You have removed loved one and friend far from me, my acquaintances [far from my] darkness.

And [when he] returns to [his] home, he calls together [his] friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!'

And he said to them, "Who of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

[If] you faint on the day of adversity, little [is] your strength.

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness," and he was called God's friend.

Or what woman who has ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds [it]?

A brother who is offended [is worse] than a city of strength, and quarrels [are] like the bars of a fortification.

My brothers, if anyone among you should wander away from the truth and someone turns him back,

He who forgives an affront fosters love, but he who waits on a matter will alienate a friend.

Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes [himself] an enemy of God.

{Advice and sound judgment} are mine; I am understanding, {strength is mine}.

I know what I should do, so that when I am removed from the management they will welcome me into their homes!'

In the [same] way it is not the will {of} your Father [who is] in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone [is] the friend of a man of gifts.

"Bad, bad," the buyer will say, but [when] one goes to him, then he will boast.

And he said to them, "Truly I say to you that there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children on account of the kingdom of God,

And you will be handed over even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put to death [some] of you.

not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

Then Yahweh returned Job's fortune when he prayed to him on behalf of his friends. Thus Yahweh increased {all that Job had twice as much as before}.

Therefore encourage one another and build up {each other}, just as indeed you are doing.

When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given to me, and guarded [them], and none of them has perished except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled.

Therefore, dear friends, [because you] know [this] beforehand, guard yourselves so that you do not lose your own safe position [because you] have been led away by the error of lawless persons.

But he answered [and] said to them, "These are my mother and my brothers--the ones who hear the word of God and do [it].

And all these [things] [are] from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

I tell you, even if he does not give him [anything] [after he] gets up because [he] is his friend, at any rate because of his impudence he will get up [and] give him whatever he needs.

Thus Job's three friends heard of this calamity that had come upon him. So each set out from his [own] place: Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. And they met together to come to console him and to comfort him.

Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields on account of me and on account of the gospel

A bad tooth and a lame foot [is] the trust of a faithless person {in a time} of trouble.

that is, to be encouraged together with you through {our mutual faith}, both yours and mine.

Salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes deprived of its salt content, by what can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

My heart throbs violently, my strength leaves me; and the light of my eyes, that also is not with me.

Intimate fellowship with Yahweh [is] for those who fear him, and [he] makes known his covenant to them.

And [when she] has found [it], she calls together [her] friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found the drachma that I had lost!'

Then they sat with him on the ground [for] seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that {his} suffering was very great.

Now we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve as also the rest, who have no hope.