46 Bible Verses about Fake Friends

Wealth attracts many friends,
but a poor man is separated from his friend.

The wounds of a friend are trustworthy,
but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.

Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.

so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”

But you coat the truth with lies;
you are all worthless doctors.

On frequent journeys, I faced
dangers from rivers,
dangers from robbers,
dangers from my own people,
dangers from the Gentiles,
dangers in the city,
dangers in the open country,
dangers on the sea,
and dangers among false brothers;

Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.

Do not rely on a friend;
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.

“You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Better an open reprimand
than concealed love.

a lying witness who gives false testimony,
and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

“Come, let me get some wine,
let’s guzzle some beer;
and tomorrow will be like today,
only far better!”

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Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause dissensions and obstacles contrary to the doctrine you have learned. Avoid them,

A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a difficult time.

What does it matter? Just that in every way, whether out of false motives or true, Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice

Then many will take offense, betray one another and hate one another.

To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and strife, but others out of good will.

Woe to you
when all people speak well of you,
for this is the way their ancestors
used to treat the false prophets.

Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time
is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.

The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.

A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies will not escape.

“As for the prophet, priest, or people who say, ‘The burden of the Lord,’ I will punish that man and his household.

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.

Your silver has become dross,
your beer is diluted with water.

נ NunYour prophets saw visions for you
that were empty and deceptive;
they did not reveal your guilt
and so restore your fortunes.
They saw oracles for you
that were empty and misleading.

If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken falsely in the name of Yahweh. When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent, empty speech and contradictions from the “knowledge” that falsely bears that name.

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about 400 men, and asked them, “Should I go against Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain?”

They replied, “March up, and the Lord will hand it over to the king.”

The head is the elder, the honored one;
the tail is the prophet, the lying teacher.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man who can ask Yahweh, but I hate him because he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

“The king shouldn’t say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.

For if a person comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or you receive a different spirit, which you had not received, or a different gospel, which you had not accepted, you put up with it splendidly!

If the God we serve exists, then He can rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and He can rescue us from the power of you, the king.

When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother told Him, “They don’t have any wine.”

And this is another thing you do: you cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer respects your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.

Don’t criticize one another, brothers. He who criticizes a brother or judges his brother criticizes the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.

So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail,
palm branch and reed in a single day.

and that sign or wonder he has promised you comes about, but he says, ‘Let us follow other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us worship them,’

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

They profess to know God, but they deny Him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified for any good work.