20 Bible Verses about Avoiding Evil

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to your trust, avoiding profane and vain utterances, and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge:

But shun profane and vain utterances: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

But foolish and ignorant questions avoid, knowing that they do produce strifes.

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

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.

Therefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, The Lord knows them that are his. And, Let every one that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

My son, walk not in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path:

Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the paths of the destroyer.

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from defilements of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

That you abstain from anything offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if you keep yourselves, you shall do well. Farewell.

And concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, except only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication.

But refuse profane and old wives' tales, and exercise yourself rather unto godliness.

Let your conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;