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The 12 most-voted verses about bad friends, from 4 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

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)

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Proverbs 16:28 (BSB)

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 16:28 (KJV)

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 16:28 (WEB)

He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:20 (BSB)

He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:20 (KJV)

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 13:20 (WEB)

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.

Matthew 5:30 (BSB)

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.

Matthew 5:30 (KJV)

If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

Matthew 5:30 (WEB)

Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

Proverbs 14:7 (BSB)

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:7 (KJV)

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

Proverbs 14:7 (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)

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:8 (BSB)

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

1 John 4:8 (KJV)

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

1 John 4:8 (WEB)

A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

Proverbs 12:26 (BSB)

The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Proverbs 12:26 (KJV)

A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 12:26 (WEB)

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)

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

1 Corinthians 10:13 (BSB)

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.]

1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV)

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 10:13 (WEB)

If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

1 John 3:17 (BSB)

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?

1 John 3:17 (KJV)

But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

1 John 3:17 (WEB)

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:1 (BSB)

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1 John 4:1 (KJV)

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:1 (WEB)

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