17 Bible Verses about Avoiding Evil

Now I beseech you, brethren, keep a sharp eye over those who cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine ye have learned, and turn away from them.

O Timothy, guard the sacred deposit, avoiding profane trifling talk, and antitheses of misnamed science:

But profane vain bablings avoid: for they will proceed to greater lengths of impiety.

But foolish and uninstructive disputes avoid, knowing that they produce quarrels.

But foolish disquisitions, and genealogies, and disputes, and contentions about the law avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

But flee youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

Flee whoredom. Every other sin which a man may commit is without the body; but he who committeth whoredom sinneth against his own body.

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

But thou, O man of God, flee from these things; but pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Nevertheless the stable foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal, the Lord knoweth those who belong to him. And, let every man who mentions the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.

but that we write to them, that they abstain from pollutions of idol [sacrifices], and from whoredom, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

that ye abstain from eating whatever is sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from whoredom: from which things carefully preserving yourselves, ye shall do well. Farewell.

Concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we have already written, deciding that they should observe no such thing, except that they should guard themselves from idol sacrifices, and blood, and what is strangled, and from whoredom.

But profane and antiquated fables reject, but exercise thyself unto godliness.

Let the tenor of your life be divested of the love of money; content with your present possessions: for he hath said, "I will in no wise leave thee, neither will I in any case forsake thee."

Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, Abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul;