32 Bible Verses about shunning

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;

My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.

And He saith to man: -- 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not!

Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich are many.

and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from -- for they are unprofitable and vain.

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

A man there hath been in the land of Uz -- Job his name -- and that man hath been perfect and upright -- both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.

Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth.

for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance is the place of darkness!

A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.

and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.

Incline not to the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

The commencement of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?'

A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from the idolatry;

awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say it.

Perfect thou art with Jehovah thy God,

and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'