20 Bible Verses about Avoiding Evil

Avoid it. Do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

Now I beseech you, brothers, watch out for those who make the divisions and the stumbling blocks, contrary to the doctrine that ye learned, and turn away from them.

O Timothy, keep the entrustment, avoiding the profane babblings and objections of the falsely-called knowledge,

But shun profane babblings, for they will advance to greater impiety,

But shun foolish and uneducated questions, knowing that they breed quarrels.

But avoid foolish questionings, and genealogies, and contentions, and legal fightings, for they are useless and vain.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

And flee juvenile impulses, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

Flee fornication. Every sin, whatever a man may do, is outside the body, but he who fornicates sins against his own body.

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, mildness.

Nevertheless the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, Lord knows those who are his, and, Let every man who names the name of Lord keep away from unrighteousness.

My son, walk not thou in the way with them. Restrain thy foot from their path.

As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the ways of a violent man.

but to write to them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, keeping yourselves from which, ye will do well. Be strong.

And about the Gentiles who have believed, we sent word, having decided for them to keep no such thing, except for them to guard against what is sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication.

But reject the profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself to piety.

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.

Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.