12 Bible Verses about Warnings Of Evil Associations
Most Relevant Verses
Do not befriend an owner of {anger}, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;
Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.
Do not envy men of evil, and do not desire to be with them.
I wrote to you in the letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
My child, do not walk in their way. Keep your foot from their paths,
Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation [is there between] righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship [does] light [have] with darkness?
You will not {follow} a majority for evil, and you will not testify concerning a legal dispute to turn aside after a majority to pervert [justice].
They will not live in your land, lest they cause you to sin against me when you serve their gods, for it will be a snare to you.'"
Be careful for yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, lest it be a snare among you.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of [the] wicked; nor does he stand in [the] way of sinners; nor does he sit in [the] assembly of mockers.
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.
