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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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Proverbs 16:28 NIV
A perverse person stirs up conflict,
    and a gossip separates close friends.
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Matthew 5:30 NIV
And if your right hand causes you to stumble, 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 go into hell.
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Proverbs 22:24-25 NIV
24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
    do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways
    and get yourself ensnared.
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Proverbs 13:20 NIV
Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.
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Proverbs 17:17 NIV
A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
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1 John 4:8 NIV
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. 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 a way out so that you can endure it.
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1 John 4:1 NIV
Dear friends, 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.
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Proverbs 14:7 NIV
Stay away from a fool,
    for you will not find knowledge on their lips.
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