15 Bible Verses about Associations
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Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
Become not yoked with others -- unbelievers, for what partaking is there to righteousness and lawlessness?
And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.
And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah.
But -- in the law of Jehovah is his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:
A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.
And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him. And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, 'Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'read more.
And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'
And he goeth up to the mountain, and doth call near whom he willed, and they went away to him;
And it came to pass thereafter, that he was going through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming good news of the reign of God, and the twelve are with him, and certain women, who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth, and Joanna wife of Chuza, steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to him from their substance.
Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure;
And Jephthah the Gileadite hath been a mighty man of valour, and he is son of a woman, a harlot; and Gilead begetteth Jephthah, and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife's sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, 'Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman art thou.' And Jephthah fleeth from the face of his brethren, and dwelleth in the land of Tob; and vain men gather themselves together unto Jephthah, and they go out with him.
From Thematic Bible
Associations » Good » General references to good company
and now, I did write to you not to keep company with him, if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner -- with such a one not even to eat together;
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
And he saith, 'I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes;
Associations » Man needs the comfort and help of » Appreciated by Christ
And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy;
Associations » Man needs the comfort and help of » Seen in God's original plan
And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an 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 did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,
Associations » Man needs the comfort and help of » Recognized by paul in his missionary work
and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,'
Evil » Associations » Results of » Divine wrath
and go out unto his presence doth Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, and saith unto king Jehoshaphat, 'To give help to the wicked, and to those hating Jehovah, dost thou love? and for this against thee is wrath from before Jehovah,
do we turn back to break Thy commands, and to join ourselves in marriage with the people of these abominations? art not Thou angry against us -- even to consumption -- till there is no remnant and escaped part?
Evil » Associations » Results of » Misery
And if ye do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it hath been, those whom ye let remain of them, are for pricks in your eyes, and for thorns in your sides, and they have distressed you on the land in which ye are dwelling,
And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name is Delilah,
Evil » Associations » Results of » Denial of Christ
And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself, they said then to him, 'Art thou also of his disciples?' he denied, and said, 'I am not.'
and the servants and the officers were standing, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself.
Evil » Associations » Results of » Defilement
Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
Evil » Associations » Results of » Parental shame
Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
Evil » Associations » Results of » Apostasy
of the nations of which Jehovah said unto the sons of Israel, 'Ye do not go in to them, and they do not go in to you; surely they turn aside your heart after their gods;' to them hath Solomon cleaved for love.
Topics on Associations
Evil Associations
Genesis 19:15And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, 'Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.'
Warnings Of Evil Associations
Proverbs 22:24Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,