1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived:
Proverbs 13:20
He who walks [as a companion] with wise men will be wise,
But the companions of [conceited, dull-witted] fools [are fools themselves and] will experience harm.
Matthew 24:4
Jesus answered,
1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived;
Proverbs 9:6
“Leave [behind] your foolishness [and the foolish] and live,
And walk in the way of insight and understanding.”
Matthew 24:11
Matthew 24:24
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting [over the supposed spirituality of your church] is not good [indeed, it is vulgar and inappropriate].
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty arguments [that encourage you to sin], for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience [those who habitually sin].
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them].
2 Timothy 2:16-18
But avoid all irreverent babble and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], for it will lead to further ungodliness,
Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;
2 Peter 2:2
Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.
2 Peter 2:18-20
For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the
Revelation 13:8-14
All the inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who has been slain [as a willing sacrifice].
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“Leave [behind] your foolishness [and the foolish] and live,
And walk in the way of insight and understanding.”
He who walks [as a companion] with wise men will be wise,
But the companions of [conceited, dull-witted] fools [are fools themselves and] will experience harm.
General references
Who goes in company with those who do evil
And walks with wicked men?
I do not sit with deceitful or unethical or worthless men,
Nor seek companionship with pretenders (self-righteous hypocrites).
Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not go the way of evil men.
Or you will learn his [undisciplined] ways
And get yourself trapped [in a situation from which it is hard to escape].