12 Bible Verses about Warnings Of Evil Associations
Most Relevant Verses
Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:
Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;
My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:
Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?
Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:
Let them not go on living in your land, or they will make you do evil against me: for if you give worship to their gods, it will certainly be a cause of sin to you.
But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you.
Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.
But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.