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What does the Bible say about bad friends?

15 verses about bad friends, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about bad friends

1 Corinthians 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 12 votes
Proverbs 16:28 — A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 6 votes
Proverbs 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. 5 votes
Proverbs 22:24 — Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 5 votes
Matthew 5:30 — And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 5 votes
Proverbs 14:7 — Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 3 votes
Proverbs 17:17 — A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 3 votes
1 John 4:8 — He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 3 votes
Proverbs 12:26 — The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. 2 votes
Proverbs 18:24 — A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 2 votes
Titus 3:9 — But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. 2 votes
1 John 3:7 — Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 2 votes
1 John 3:17 — But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 2 votes
1 John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 votes

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Proverbs (7), 1 John (4), 1 Corinthians (2), Matthew (1), Titus (1)

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