67 Bible Verses about Evil Associations

And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice :

and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them; neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.

Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them , neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves unto them; but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.read more.
For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day. One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you. Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God. Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you; know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes.

And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

And the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you: and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice: why have ye done this? Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;

shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honoreth them that fear Jehovah; He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;

I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.

When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.

They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,

Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace. I am for peace: But when I speak, they are for war.

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

Thorns and'snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:

Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.

When the wicked are increased, transgression increaseth; But the righteous shall look upon their fall.

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.

For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.

Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.

On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers.

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them.

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.

traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked

I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues: