'Associate' in the Bible
“How is it that You, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” she asked Him. For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.
When he arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to associate with the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, since they did not believe he was a disciple.
Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner. But God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.
Be in agreement with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer who is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or verbally abusive, a drunkard or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
And if anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take note of that person; don’t associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.