'Associate' in the Bible
When he arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple.
He said to them, "You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.