46 Bible Verses about Losing Friends

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.

so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Was I not only joking?"

The one who puts up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands will be secure.

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.'

Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!

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

"Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.

Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.'

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.

"It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.

Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

So the Lord restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all that had belonged to Job.

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.

When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.

Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.

But he replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

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

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

When Job's three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country -- Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him.

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.

that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another's faith, both yours and mine.

Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."

My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

The Lord's loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.

Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.'

Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet 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, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.