87+ Bible Verses About Betrayal That Speak the Truth

This verse, written by King David, speaks about the pain of betrayal by a close friend.

It conveys the anguish and disappointment one feels when someone they trust turns against them.

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free.”

This verse highlights the consequences of betrayal and dishonesty. It suggests that those who betray trust by bearing false witness or spreading lies will eventually face justice.

“Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with the woman who lies in your embrace guard the words of your lips. For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.”

This passage from the book of Micah warns against trusting too easily and highlights the sad reality that betrayal can even come from close family members. It underscores the need for caution and discernment in relationships.

“Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer. Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning.”

Jeremiah’s words emphasize the widespread deceit and betrayal prevalent in his time. It serves as a cautionary reminder to be cautious in trusting others, recognizing that even friends and family may not always be honest.

“And as they were eating, he said, ‘Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.’

In this passage, Jesus predicts that one of His disciples will betray Him during the Last Supper, setting the stage for the betrayal by Judas Iscariot.

Verse: “And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.”

This verse describes the moment when Judas arrives with a group to betray and arrest Jesus, marking the beginning of Jesus’ journey to the crucifixion.

“But Jesus said to him, ‘Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?’

Here, Jesus confronts Judas with the act of betrayal, emphasizing the betrayal’s irony and deceit, as it is carried out with a gesture of friendship and affection, a kiss.

“After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.’

In this passage, Jesus foretells His betrayal and indicates that one of His disciples will betray Him during the Last Supper.

“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.”

This passage reflects on the betrayal of Judas Iscariot, acknowledging his role in the fulfillment of prophecy and the consequences of his betrayal, which led to the need for a replacement among the disciples.

“I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

The Almighty will bless you each time you show kindness to others and curse you when you treat others with disrespect and abhorrence.

All people of this planet will receive his blessings through you.

“But women will be saved through childbearing – if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.”

Train yourself in a way that cares for nothing but God’s appreciation. Be someone who spreads the true message of the Almighty, does not tamper with the truth, and is proud of himself.

“Your relatives, members of your own family – even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.”

Times will come when you might find yourself betrayed by your own blood and family members but do not give in to such circumstances and stand strong.

Even though they praise you when they are with you, know they are nothing but traitors who talk disrespectfully about you behind your back. Never trust them twice.

“For if you forgive others when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”

“But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”

Forgive all those who trespass against you, and the heavenly Father will forgive your sins too.

“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

Forgive your trespassers in your prayers and ask for forgiveness from the Almighty in return.

“But it is you, one like myself, my companion, my close friend.”

“With whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers.”

It would have been more bearable if I had been betrayed by a foe who hated me.

“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”

Christ gives me the strength to do everything.

“For if you forgive others when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”

“But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”

Your sins will be forgiven only if you pardon the sins of others or those who commit offenses against you.

“Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.”

Always have faith in the Lord. There is a certain justification for everything that happens around. It was his plan to break you and inflict pain upon you.

And though he made you suffer for someone else’s sins, remember that your good deeds will not go unnoticed. He will eventually reach out for his Son and bless you with a long, healthy, prosperous life. 

“If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide.”

If it were some of my opponents who behaved cheekily with me, I could have hidden from him.

But it was you, a man, my friend, my equal, my confidante, with whom I sought God’s guidance and walked in the crowd; it was you who betrayed me.

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

According to the Law and the Prophets, you must do what you want to be done for yourself.

After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”

Jesus, sorrow-stricken with things, told his disciples that he had an unwavering premonition that one of them would betray him in the future.

“They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.”

And so Judas looked for other means to deceive Jesus.

“They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

You thought I came down to earth to bring contentment amongst its creatures? Perhaps you are mistaken. I came to split people apart and make them choose sides.

“In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.”

They return my love with accusations, but I put my faith in my prayers.

“All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.”

My companions have started to dislike me; my loved ones have driven a wedge between us. 

Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.”

“Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!”

Once Jesus came to his disciples and asked them to go ahead and take rest but to pay close attention because the time had arrived for the Son of Man to be disclosed into the hands of sinners.

“Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.”

“From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.”

“They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

There will be conflicts in a family of five, with two turning against the rest of the three. Fathers and sons and mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law plot against one another, while on the other hand mothers and daughters are on the same side.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

God adored the world so much that he sacrificed his only Son to cure it. He made sure that those who put their faith in God shall not perish but live perpetually. 

“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Trust in the Lord and keep calm; he will fight all your battles for you.

“Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.”

The one who was the closest of all my comrades, someone I confided in, with whom I shared my loaf of bread, has turned his back on me.

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Jesus once said that he is the path, truth, and life. One cannot reach the almighty Father directly; they have to pass through Jesus to reach him.

“He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.”

My compeers detest me and my relatives live afar. My family is no longer here, and my friends don’t remember me. 

A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, “This man was with him.”

But he denied it. “Woman, I don’t know him,” he said.

“A little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” “Man, I am not!” Peter replied.”

About an hour later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.”

“Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.”

The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”

When the Lord looked into his eye, that is when Peter recalled what the Lord had told him about him refusing God three times that day right from dawn.

“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”

God sent his Son on earth to not denounce the people of the earth but to rescue them from the adversities through his Son.

Psalm 27:10 – Even if my parents forsake me, I am sure the Almighty will always be by my side.

“But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.”

Rejoice with him as you share the afflictions of Christ, so that when he fills the world with his splendor, you may be gleaming also with extreme delight.

“For in him you have been enriched in every way – with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge.”

As we partake in Christ’s sorrows, our joys overflow through him.

“Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”

Think of the Almighty, who does nothing but quietly bears the sins committed against him, just so his people won’t lose faith and wither in pain. 

“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.”

“Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

Look at how blessed you are, blaming the Almighty for any ill-treatment, taunt, and evil thing that happens to you.

“As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me.”

“Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.”

When I reach out to the Almighty, I know he will rescue me, morning, noon and night.

I pondered over these and cried my heart out, and the Lord heard my voice.

“When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.”

He stayed calm and did not strike back when he was looked down upon; neither did he pet grievances and inflict revenge upon his miscreants for all his sufferings.

“Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.”

“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.”

Shower your miscreants, not with curses but only blessings. Make peace with everyone around you.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.”

“Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

Those who suffer abuse for the sake of goodness, how blessed are they for owning the entire kingdom of heaven?

“See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.”

Ensure that no one misses out on God’s benediction and nobody falls victim to bitterness and hostility that causes unpleasantness to others. 

“When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.”

When Delilah perceived that he had spoken his heart out to her, she summoned the Lords of the Philistines and told them about everything he confessed to her. And the Lords of the Philistines thanked her, and she was paid for her betrayal.  

“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.”

“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

Dear brethren, I might not understand many things, but there is one thing I know, by discarding those things that belong to the past and reaching out for those that are ahead of me, I am inclined towards being rewarded by the high calling of God in Jesus Christ.

“Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not think you are superior.”

“Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.”

Do not be overwhelmed with vengeance but give God the opportunity to express his outrage because it is written that retribution lies with him and not in the hands of mere mortals. If anyone pays back the sinners, it is the Lord.

Jesus looked at them and said, “With human beings this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Jesus observed the people and told them that all things are not possible to be done by sheer humans, but with God, everything is possible. 

“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”

You will find yourself completely at peace with those who have loyal minds because they put their faith in you.

“When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.”

Christ never punished his miscreants. Instead, he left the judgment to be made in the hands of God, and he knew everyone would be treated fairly.

“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.”

Our spirit guides us through our weaknesses. Sometimes when we do not know what we want to pray for, the spirit steps in through our wordless whispers. 

Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is none to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

Her heart-rending cries can be heard every night, tears rolling down her pale cheeks; so many lovers and there is none to offer her solace, all her friends have been perfidious, and they are now her enemies. 

Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.

You will find that no sooner did you finish destroying than you are being destroyed and no sooner did you stop committing treachery than people have begun treating you treacherously.

“If you take your neighbor to court, do not betray another’s confidence.”

“Or the one who hears it may shame you and the charge against you will stand.”

When you engage yourself in a quarrel with your neighbor, remember never to spill the secret of somebody else, or the person hearing it will disgrace you by spreading the word all across the town.

“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”

Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.

Do not be too self-conceited but surround yourself with humble people. It is the most foolish thing to think that you are wiser than you actually are.

But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.

But look, the one deceiving me has his hands with mine on the table. 

“For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.”

And throughout He had known the name of the one who was misleading him, which is why He said that not all among them were clean.

Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

If loyal be the bruises of a friend, then deceitful are the kisses of a foe.

“It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in human beings.”

It is wiser to seek shelter from the Almighty rather than trusting in man. 

“To fear anyone will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe.”

The fear of mankind can be dangerous, but he who has faith in the Lord will be victorious.