67 Bible Verses about Evil Associations

And as the dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are present, lest thou perish in the iniquity of the city.

My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen.

Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert judgment.

and when Jehovah thy God shall give them up before thee and thou shalt smite them, then shalt thou utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them. And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son; for he will turn away thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods, and the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.

And 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 enter not among these nations, these that remain among you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them; but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.read more.
For Jehovah hath dispossessed from before you great and strong nations; and as to you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. One man of you chaseth a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath said unto you. Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah your God. For if ye in any wise go back, and cleave unto the residue of these nations, these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and come in unto them and they unto you: know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more dispossess these nations from before you, and they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges 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 customs.

And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for all these things have they done, and they became an abomination to me.

And he spoke to the assembly, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye perish in all their sins.

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

Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, "I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you into the land which I swore to give to your fathers. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you, and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.' But you have not obeyed my command. What is this you have done? So now I say, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall become adversaries to you, and their gods shall be a snare to you."

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

But the sons of Belial are all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands;

should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples of these abominations? wouldest thou not 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, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

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

In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not;

I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.

I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.

When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.

They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them;

Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe 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 dwelt with them that hate peace. I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men:

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.

He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into 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 talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.

When the wicked increase, transgression increaseth; but the righteous shall see their fall.

thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.

And I said, Woe unto me! for I am undone; for 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 spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and he 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, There is no hope; no, for I love strangers, and after them will I go.

Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor exulted: 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 ye not cut off in her iniquity: for this is the time of Jehovah's vengeance: he shall render unto her a recompence.

Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.

In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners.

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

and because lawlessness shall prevail, the love of the most shall grow cold;

But I beseech you, brethren, to consider those who create divisions and occasions of falling, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learnt, and turn away from them.

Your boasting is not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of light with darkness?

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Now we enjoin you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the instruction which he received from us.

Lay hands quickly on no man, nor partake in others' sins. Keep thyself pure.

constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety.

traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless,

I know thy works and thy labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil men; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;

And I heard another voice out of the heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye have not fellowship in her sins, and that ye do not receive of her plagues: