'Associate' in the Bible
“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior,And you associate with adulterers.
He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets;Therefore do not associate with a gossip [who talks freely or flatters].
Do not even associate with a man given to angry outbursts;Or go [along] with a hot-tempered man,
Do not associate with heavy drinkers of wine,Or with gluttonous eaters of meat,
My son, fear the Lord and the king;And do not associate with those who are given to change [of allegiance, and are revolutionary],
“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,And against the Man, My Associate,”Declares the Lord of hosts.“Strike the Shepherd so that the sheep [of the flock] may be scattered;And I will turn My hand and stretch it out against the little ones [of the flock].