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abandoning friends

The 12 most-voted verses about abandoning friends, from 6 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:24 (BSB)

A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:24 (KJV)

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:24 (WEB)

Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Proverbs 27:10 (BSB)

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.

Proverbs 27:10 (KJV)

Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

Proverbs 27:10 (WEB)

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

Proverbs 17:17 (BSB)

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:17 (KJV)

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:17 (WEB)

Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Psalm 41:9 (BSB)

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.

Psalm 41:9 (KJV)

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

Psalm 41:9 (WEB)

Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

Proverbs 19:4 (BSB)

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Proverbs 19:4 (KJV)

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

Proverbs 19:4 (WEB)

My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

Job 19:14 (BSB)

My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

Job 19:14 (KJV)

My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

Job 19:14 (WEB)

Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

Psalm 27:10 (BSB)

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

Psalm 27:10 (KJV)

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

Psalm 27:10 (WEB)

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

Proverbs 14:20 (BSB)

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.

Proverbs 14:20 (KJV)

The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

Proverbs 14:20 (WEB)

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13 (BSB)

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13 (KJV)

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13 (WEB)

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

1 Corinthians 5:11 (BSB)

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

1 Corinthians 5:11 (KJV)

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

1 Corinthians 5:11 (WEB)

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

1 Corinthians 15:33 (BSB)

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

1 Corinthians 15:33 (KJV)

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

1 Corinthians 15:33 (WEB)

At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.

2 Timothy 4:16 (BSB)

At my first answer no man stood with me, but all [men] forsook me: [I pray God] that it may not be laid to their charge.

2 Timothy 4:16 (KJV)

At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.

2 Timothy 4:16 (WEB)

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