25 Bible Verses about Bad Company

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with him, if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner -- with such a one not even to eat together;

Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not. I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; But -- in the law of Jehovah is his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night: And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.read more.
Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing. If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.

And kept habitually are the statutes of Omri, And all the work of the house of Ahab, And ye do walk in their counsels, For My giving thee for a desolation, And its inhabitants for a hissing, And the reproach of My people ye do bear!

and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;

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;

Not good is your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?

Become not yoked with others -- unbelievers, for what partaking is there to righteousness and lawlessness? and what fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever?

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience, become not, then, partakers with them,

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure;

wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;

traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

and righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct in lasciviousness of the impious, He did rescue,

I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,

And I heard another voice out of the heaven, saying, 'Come forth out of her, My people, that ye may not partake with her sins, and that ye may not receive of her plagues,