67 Bible Verses about Evil Associations

And as the morning arose, the angels caused Lot to speed him, saying, "Stand up, take thy wife and thy two daughters and that that is at hand, lest thou perish in the sin of the city."

Into their secrets come not my soul, and unto their congregation be my honour not coupled: for in their wrath they slew a man, and in their self will they houghed an ox.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil: neither answer in a matter of plea that thou wouldest, to follow many, turn aside from the truth;

and when the LORD thy God hath set them before thee that thou shouldest smite them: see that thou utterly destroy them and make no covenant with them nor have compassion on them. Also thou shalt make no marriages with them, neither give thy daughter unto his son nor take his daughter unto thy son. For they will make your sons depart from me and serve strange gods, and then will the wrath of the LORD wax hot upon you and destroy you shortly.

Be, therefore, exceeding strong that ye take heed to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye bow not aside therefrom, to the righthand or to the left: and that ye go not unto these nations that remain with you: and that ye neither make mention or swear by the names of their gods, and that ye neither serve them nor bow yourselves unto them. But that ye stick fast unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.read more.
So shall the LORD cast out before you great nations and mighty, as ye see how no man hath stand before you hitherto. One of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God he fighteth for you, as he hath said unto you. Take good heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love the LORD your God. But and if ye shall go back and cleave unto the rest of these nations that remain with you and shall make marriages with them, and shall go to them and they come to you: be sure that the LORD your God will not cast out all these nations before you. But they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges for your sides, and pricks in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

Wherefore after the doings of the land of Egypt wherein ye dwelt, see that ye do not; neither after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I will bring you, neither walk ye in their ordinances;

And see that ye walk not in the manners of the nations which I cast out before you: For they committed all these things, and I abhorred them.

And he spake unto the congregation, saying, "Depart from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs: lest ye perish in all their sins."

But and if ye will not drive out the inhabiters of the land before you, then those which ye let remain of them, shall be thorns in your eyes and darts in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

And the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, "I brought you out of Egypt and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers. And I said that I would never break my covenant with you, but ye should have made no covenant with the inhabiters of this land, ye should have broken down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice. Why have ye this done? Wherefore I have likewise determined that I will not cast them out before you: that they may be a fall unto you, and their gods shall be snares unto you."

Beware that thou be not taken in a snare after them, after that they be destroyed before thee, and that thou ask not after their gods saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods, that I may do so likewise?'

when the unthrifty men are all of them as thorns taken out of their places, which cannot be taken with hands.

As for us, we have turned back, and have let go thy commandments, to make contract with the people of these abominations. Wilt thou then be wroth at us, till we be utterly consumed, so that nothing remain, and there be no deliverance?

O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

Away from me, all ye that work vanity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

He that sitteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hindrance.

I have not dwelt with vain persons; neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful.

O pluck me not away, neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers, which speak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mischief in their hearts.

I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities, and my trust hath been in the LORD.

If thou seest a thief, thou runnest with him, and art partaker with the adulterers.

For one day in thy court is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of the ungodly.

A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person.

Neither destroyed they the Heathen, as the LORD commanded them,

Away from me, ye wicked! I will keep the commandments of my God!

Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long dwelt among them that be enemies unto peace. I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle.

Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O God, that the bloodthirsty might depart from me?

O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing, to be minded as the ungodly or wicked men; lest I eat of such things as please them.

My son, consent not unto sinners,

then shall counsel preserve thee, and understanding shall keep thee.

Come not in the path of the ungodly, and walk not in the way of the wicked.

Keep thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house:

Forsake ignorance, and ye shall live: and see that ye go in the way of understanding."

He that tilleth his land, shall have plenteousness of bread; but he that followeth idleness, is a very fool.

He that goeth in the company of wise men, shall be wise; but whoso is a companion of fools shall be hurt.

See that thou meddle not with a fool; and do as though thou hadst no knowledge.

A wicked man beguileth his neighbour; and leadeth him the way that is not good.

It were better to come against a she Bear robbed of her whelps, than against a fool in his foolishness.

Meddle not with him that betrayeth secrets, and is a slanderer, and deceiveth with his lips.

Spears and snares are in the way of the froward; but he that will keep his soul, let him flee from such.

Eat not thou with the envious, and desire not his meat,

Be not thou jealous over wicked men, and desire not thou to be among them.

Whoso keepeth the law, is a child of understanding; but he that feedeth riotous men, shameth his father.

When the ungodly come up, wickedness increaseth; but the righteous shall see their fall.

Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.

Then I said, "O woe is me! For I am lost: inasmuch as I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell among people that hath unclean lips also. For mine eyes have seen the King and LORD of Hosts."

For the LORD chastised me, and took me by the hand, and warned me, saying unto me that I should not walk in the ways of this people. He said moreover,

Thou keepest thy foot from nakedness, and thy throat from thirst, and thinkest thus in thyself, 'Tush: I will take no sorrow; I will love the strange gods, and hang upon them.'

Would God that I had a cottage somewhere far from folk, that I might leave my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers and a shrinking sort.

I dwell not among the council of scorners, neither is my delight therein: but I dwell only in the fear of thy hand, for thou hast filled me with bitterness.

Fly away from Babylon; every man save his life. Let no man hold his tongue to her wickedness, for the time of the LORD's vengeance is come; yea, he shall reward her again.

And whereas Ephraim is become partaker of Idols: well, let him go.

Even so goeth it this day with our kings and princes, for they begin to be wood drunken through wine: they use familiarity with such as deceive them.

Ye keep the ordinances of Omri, and all the customs of the house of Ahab: Ye follow their pleasures, therefore will I make thee waste, and cause thy inhabiters to be abhorred, O my people: and thus shalt thou bear thine own shame.

And because iniquity shall have the upper hand, the love of many shall abate.

I beseech you, brethren: mark them which cause division, and give occasions of evil contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

Your rejoicing is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven soureth the whole lump of dough?

Be not deceived: malicious speakings corrupt good manners.

Set yourselves therefore at large, and bear not a stranger's yoke with the unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? What company hath light with darkness?

Let no man deceive you with vain words. For through such things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of unbelief.

We require you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the institution which ye received of us.

Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: Keep thyself pure.

and vain disputations of men with corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, which think that lucre is godliness. From such, separate thyself.

traitors, heady, high minded, greedy upon voluptuousness more than the lovers of God,

And just Lot, vexed with the uncleanly conversation of the wicked, delivered he -

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not forbear them which are evil: and examinedst them which say they are apostles, and are not: and hast found them liars.

And I heard another voice from heaven say, "Come away from her, my people, that ye be not partakers in her sins, that ye receive not of her plagues.