Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

Bible References

Learned

Isaiah 2:6

Most certainly [Lord] You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled with influences from the east,
And they are soothsayers [who foretell] like the Philistines;
Also they strike bargains with the children of foreigners (pagans).
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting [over the supposed spirituality of your church] is not good [indeed, it is vulgar and inappropriate]. Do you not know that [just] a little leaven ferments the whole batch [of dough, just as a little sin corrupts a person or an entire church]?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

General references

Judges 1:32
So the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
1 Samuel 8:20
so that we too may be like all the nations [around us], that our king may judge [and govern] us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
Proverbs 22:25

Or you will learn his [undisciplined] ways
And get yourself trapped [in a situation from which it is hard to escape].