40 Important Bible Verses About Fake Friends

We all are very familiar with the words “fake friends” because most of us might have experienced fake friendship and have felt their negative impact in one way or the other. Fake friends are friends who act or pretend to love and have our best interest at heart, but genuinely all they feel or have for us is hate. Some fake friends can be be likened to be slow poisons because their negative energies and evil intentions can not easily be detected. They play their cards so well by imposing as who they are not in order to win us over, then set out to carry out their plans against us. In this article, we will be penning down some important Bible verses about fake friends.

Fake friends are like shadow, always close but never truly there. Fake friends smile with you but stab you at the back once they get the opportunity. Fake friends are capable of causing us lots of pain which in return leave us shattered and broken. The awful experiences they cause us, sometimes makes us have revengeful thoughts and also doubt and question the nature of generosity and genuine love. It is important we know how to identify fake friends and stay away from them to save us from the heartbreaks and disappointments they cause.

What does the Bible say about fake friends?

Jesus knows that we all need friends because we are created to connect with other people, that is why he taught us in the book of Jeremiah chapter 9;4 to beware of the people we call our friends. During his stay on earth, he was conscious of everyone around him, he tasted their spirits.

In the book of 2 Corinthians chapter 11;13-15 Paul admonished us to be careful with people who act like they are good people, but they are not. They act like they care, but deep down in their heart, they care not. Here are some important Bible verses to help you spot fake friends when you see them;

Bible Verses About Fake Friends

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. – Proverbs 18:24
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. – Proverbs 27:6
If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers. – Psalms 55:12-14
Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot. – Proverbs 25:19
Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find? – Proverbs 20:6
All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. – Job 19:19
A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends. – Proverbs 16:28
Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me. – Psalms 41:9
Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with the woman who lies in your embrace guard the words of your lips. For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—a man’s enemies are the members of his own household. – Micah 7:5-6
Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, ‘Greetings, Rabbi!’ and kissed him. Jesus replied, ‘Do what you came for, friend.’ Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. – Matthew 26:49-50
At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. – 2 Timothy 4:16
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. – Proverbs 27:17
Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer. – Jeremiah 9:4
Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. – Hosea 7:6
The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends. – Proverbs 14:20
Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you. – Proverbs 3:29
But Amnon had a friend named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. – 2 Samuel 13:3
You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend. – Psalm 88:18
Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death is one who deceives their neighbor and says, ‘I was only joking!’ – Proverbs 26:18-19
You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. – James 4:4
There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who stirs up conflict in the community. – Proverbs 6:16-19
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. – Proverbs 22:24-25
But Jesus asked him, ‘Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?’ – Luke 22:48
Wealth adds many friends, But a poor man is separated from his friend. – Proverbs 19:4
So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, “Was I not joking?” – Proverbs 26:19
But you smear with lies; You are all worthless physicians. – Job 13:4
I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brethren; – 2 Corinthians 11:26
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. – 1 John 3:18
You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. – Exodus 23:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. – 1 John 4:1
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed. – Proverbs 27:5
A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers. – Proverbs 6:19
“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink; And tomorrow will be like today, only more so.” – Isaiah 56:12
Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. – Romans 16:17
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. – Proverbs 17:17
What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice.Yes, and I will rejoice, – Philippians 1:18
At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. – Matthew 24:10
Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; – Philippians 1:15
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way. – Luke 6:26
He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm. – Proverbs 13:20