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Bible Verses About Bad Friends
Find Bible verses about bad friends — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about bad friends?
The Bible addresses bad friends with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
John 15:15
“No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.”
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Luke 12:4
“"I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.”
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John 15:14
“You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.”
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Proverbs 17:9
“He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.”
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Matthew 9:15
“Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”
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Psalms 38:11
“My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.”
Psalms 88:18
“You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.”
Job 19:14
“My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.”
Proverbs 19:4
“Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.”
Luke 5:34
“He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?”
Job 16:20
“My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,”
Proverbs 14:20
“The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.”
Job 19:19
“All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.”
Matthew 5:47
“If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?”
Luke 16:9
“I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.”
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