46 Bible Verses about Losing Friends

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

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

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

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness.

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

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

If thou faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she loseth one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she findeth it?

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

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

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

I am resolved what to do, that when I am removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

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

Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth.

And he said to them, Verily I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

And ye will be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsmen, and friends; and some of you will they cause to be put to death.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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

Wherefore, comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest to me I have kept, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

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

And he answered and said to them, My mother and my brethren are these who hear the word of God, and do it.

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

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

I say to you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had 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.

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

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

That is, that I may be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of you and me.

Salt is good: but if the salt hath lost its saltness, with what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.

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

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.