27 Bible Verses about Losing A Friend

Whoever gains his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will gain it.

My brothers, if any one of you is led astray from the truth, and someone brings him back,

I tell you, who are my friends, have no fear of those who kill the body, and after that can do no more.

And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him in the middle of the night, and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

and when he reaches home, he calls in his friends and neighbors, and says to them, 'Congratulate me, for I have found my lost sheep!'

Then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one, does not light the lamp and sweep the house and look carefully until she finds it?

Jesus said to her, "I myself am Resurrection and Life. He who believes in me will live on, even if he dies,

For what good does it do a man to gain the whole world and yet part with his life?

His relatives heard of it and came over to stop him, for they said that he was out of his mind.

Therefore encourage one another and strengthen one another, just as you are doing.

And when she finds it, she calls in her friends and neighbors, and says to them, 'Congratulate me, for I have found the coin that I lost!'

When Jesus received it he said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but is for the honor of God, that through it the Son of God may be honored."

In just that way, it is the will of my Father in heaven that not a single one of these children be lost.

All this comes from God, who through Christ has reconciled me to himself, and has commissioned me to proclaim this reconciliation??19 how God through Christ reconciled the world to himself, refusing to count men's offenses against them, and intrusted me with the message of reconciliation.

I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from my position people will take me into their homes.'

Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.

So you, dear friends, now that you are forewarned, must be on your guard against being led away by the errors of unprincipled men and losing your present firmness.

And he said to them, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the Kingdom of God

So the sisters sent this message to Jesus: "Master, your friend is sick."

For if their rejection has meant the reconciling of the world, what can the acceptance of them mean but life from the dead?

You renegades! Do you not know that the friendship of the world means enmity with God? So whoever wishes to be the world's friend declares himself God's enemy.

And anyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or land for my sake will receive many times as much, and share eternal life.

So Jesus then told them plainly,

For the Son of Man has come to search for what was lost and to save it."

Jesus said, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for me and for the good news,

He gave them an illustration to show that they must always pray and not give up,