15 Bible Verses about Associations
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Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."
Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation [is there between] righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship [does] light [have] with darkness?
And it happened {one day} {that} the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst.
{And then} one day the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst to present himself before Yahweh.
Instead, in the law of Yahweh [is] his delight, and on his law he meditates day and night.
A child of wisdom will make a father glad, but a {foolish person}, he despises his mother.
And [as] Jesus was going away from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth and said to him, "Follow me!" And he stood up [and] followed him. And it happened [as] he {was dining} in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners were coming [and] {dining} with Jesus and his disciples. And [when they] saw [it], the Pharisees began to say to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"read more.
And [when he] heard [it], he said, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}. But go [and] learn what it means, "I want mercy and not sacrifice." For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
And he went up on the mountain and summoned [those] whom he wanted, and they came to him.
And it happened that {afterward} also he was going about from [one] town and village [to another] preaching and proclaiming the good news concerning the kingdom of God, and the twelve [were] with him, and some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (who was called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna the wife of Chuza (Herod's household manager), and Susanna, and many others who were helping to support them from their possessions.
Lay hands on no one hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior; he was the son of a prostitute, and {Gilead was his father}. Gilead's wife also bore for him sons; and the sons of [his] wife grew up and drove Jephthah away, and they said to him, "You will not inherit the house of our father because you [are] the son of another woman." So Jephthah fled from the presence of his brothers, and he lived in the land of Tob. And {outlaws} gathered around Jephthah and went with him.
From Thematic Bible
Associations » Good » General references to good company
So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.
Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.
But now I have written to you not to associate with any so-called brother, if he is a sexually immoral person or a greedy person or an idolater or an abusive person or a drunkard or a swindler--with such a person not even to eat.
Associations » Man needs the comfort and help of » Emphasized by solomon
Associations » Man needs the comfort and help of » Illustrated in the life of moses
He said, "Please, do not abandon us because you know our encampment in the desert, and {you should be our guide}.
Associations » Man needs the comfort and help of » Appreciated by Christ
And taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be distressed and troubled.
Associations » Man needs the comfort and help of » Seen in God's original plan
Then Yahweh God said, "[it is] not good [that] the man is alone. I will make for him a helper {as his counterpart}."
Associations » Man needs the comfort and help of » Shown by the sending forth of the disciples two by two
And after these [things], the Lord also appointed seventy-two others and sent them out two by two before {him} into every town and place where he was about to go.
Associations » Man needs the comfort and help of » Recognized by paul in his missionary work
And [while] they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
Evil » Associations » Results of » Divine wrath
And Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. And he said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you [be] a help to the wicked and love those who hate Yahweh? On account of this, wrath [has come] against you from Yahweh.
Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.
Shall we again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who practice these detestable things? Would you not be angry with us until you destroy us with no remnant or remainder?
Evil » Associations » Results of » Misery
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from your presence, then it will happen that whomever you let remain of them will be like irritants in your eyes and like thorns in your sides; they will be your enemies in the land in which you live.
After this he fell in love [with] a woman in the wadi of Sorek, and her name [was] Delilah.
Evil » Associations » Results of » Denial of Christ
Now Simon Peter was standing there and warming himself. So they said to him, "You are not also [one] of his disciples, [are you]?" He denied [it] and said, "I am not!"
(Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing there with them and warming himself.)
Evil » Associations » Results of » Defilement
Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."
Evil » Associations » Results of » Parental shame
He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.
Evil » Associations » Results of » Apostasy
from the nations which Yahweh had said to the {Israelites}, "You shall not {marry them}, and they shall not {marry you}. They will certainly turn your heart after other gods." But Solomon clung to them to love.
Topics on Associations
Evil Associations
Genesis 19:15And as the dawn came up the angels urged Lot saying, "Get up, take your wife and your two daughters {who are staying with you}, lest you be destroyed with the punishment of the city."
Warnings Of Evil Associations
Proverbs 22:24Do not befriend an owner of {anger}, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;
