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Want to know what the Bible says about Bad Friends? Here are 104 Bible verses about Bad Friends from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV
9 Two are better than one,
    because they have a good return for their labor:
10 If either of them falls down,
    one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
    and has no one to help them up.
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Acts 20:29 NIV
I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
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John 8:44 NIV
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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Psalm 1:1 NIV
Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
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Proverbs 27:5-6 NIV
5 Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.
6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
    but an enemy multiplies kisses.
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1 John 3:1-2 NIV
3 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
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Proverbs 20:6 NIV
Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?
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Romans 12:10 NIV
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
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2 Kings 2:2 NIV
Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.”
But Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
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Proverbs 24:5 NIV
The wise prevail through great power,
    and those who have knowledge muster their strength.
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