67 Bible Verses about Evil Associations

And as the dawn came up the angels urged Lot saying, "Get up, take your wife and your two daughters {who are staying with you}, lest you be destroyed with the punishment of the city."

Let not my person be joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and at their pleasure they hamstrung cattle.

You will not {follow} a majority for evil, and you will not testify concerning a legal dispute to turn aside after a majority to pervert [justice].

and Yahweh your God will give them {over to you} and you defeat them, you must {utterly destroy them}; you shall not make a covenant with them, and you shall not show mercy [to them]. And you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughter to their son; and you shall not take his daughter for your son. For their sons and daughters will cause your son to turn away {from following me}, and [so] they will serve other gods, and {the anger of Yahweh would be kindled} against you, and he would quickly destroy you.

Be very strong to observe carefully all that is written in the scroll of the law of Moses so as not to turn aside from it, [to] the right or left, so as not to go among these remaining nations with you; {do not profess} the name of their gods, and do not swear by them, serve them, or {bow down to them}. But hold fast to Yahweh your God, just as you have done up to this day.read more.
Yahweh has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, {nobody has withstood} you to this day. One of your men put to flight a thousand, for Yahweh your God [is] fighting for you, just as he promised you. Take utmost care for [the sake of] your life to love Yahweh your God, for if indeed you turn back and join these remaining nations {among you}, and you intermarry with them, {marrying their women and they yours}, know for certain that Yahweh your God {will not continue to drive out} these nations from before you; they will be for you a snare and a trap, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Yahweh your God has given to you.

You must not {carry out} the practices of the land of Egypt, in which you lived, and you must not {carry out} the practices of the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you; and you must not follow their statutes.

And you shall not follow the statutes of the nation that I am driving out {from before you}, because they did all these things, and I detested them.

He said to the community, saying, "Please turn away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything {that belongs to them}, or you will be destroyed with all their sins."

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from your presence, then it will happen that whomever you let remain of them will be like irritants in your eyes and like thorns in your sides; they will be your enemies in the land in which you live.

And the angel of Yahweh went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up from Egypt, and I brought you to the land that I had promised to your ancestors. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you. And [as for] you, do not {make a covenant} with the inhabitants of this land; break down their altars.' But you did not listen to my voice. {Why would you do such a thing}? Now I say, I will not drive them out from before you; they will {become as thorns} for you, and their gods will be a trap for you."

{take care} so that you are not ensnared {into imitating them} after their being destroyed from {before you}, and so that you not enquire concerning their gods, {saying}, 'How did these nations serve their gods, and [thus] {I myself} want to do also.'

But evil persons [are] like thorns cast aside; all of them, because they cannot be picked up in the hand.

Shall we again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who practice these detestable things? Would you not be angry with us until you destroy us with no remnant or remainder?

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of [the] wicked; nor does he stand in [the] way of sinners; nor does he sit in [the] assembly of mockers.

Depart from me, all workers of evil, for Yahweh has heard the sound of my weeping.

In his eyes a rejected one [is] contemptible, but he honors those who respect Yahweh. He takes an oath to [his own] injury and does not retract it.

I do not sit with deceitful people, nor will I go about with hypocrites.

Do not drag me away with [the] wicked or with [the] workers of evil, [who] speak of peace with their neighbors, while evil [is] in their heart.

I hate those devoted to useless idols, but I trust Yahweh.

When you see a thief, then you are pleased with him, and your association [is] with adulterers.

Because better [is] a day in your courtyards than a thousand [elsewhere]. I would rather be at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in [the] tents of wickedness.

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

They did not exterminate the peoples, as Yahweh had commanded them,

Turn aside from me, [you] evildoers, for I will keep the commands of my God.

Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, [that] I dwell among the tents of Kedar. Too long my soul has had its dwelling near [one who] hates peace. I [am for] peace, but when I speak, they [are] for war.

If only you would kill the wicked, O God-- so get away from me, [you] {bloodthirsty men}--

Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with men [who] do iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies.

My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

Discretion will watch over you; understanding will protect you,

In the path of the wicked do not go; do not walk in the way of those who do evil.

Keep your paths far from her, and do not go near to the door of her house,

Lay aside simplicity and live; walk in the way of understanding."

He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks {sense}.

Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.

Leave {the presence of a foolish man}, [for] you will not [come to] know {words of knowledge}.

A person of violence will entice his neighbor and cause him to walk on a way [that is] not good.

[May] a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.

He reveals a secret, he who walks [about with] gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips.

Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep away from them.

Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.

Do not envy men of evil, and do not desire to be with them.

He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

With the increase of the wicked, transgression will increase, but the righteous will look on his downfall.

Your princes [are] rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend [the] orphan and [the] legal dispute of [the] widow does not come before them.

And I said, "Woe to me! For I am destroyed! For I [am] a man {of unclean lips}, and I [am] living among a people {of unclean lips}, for my eyes have seen the king, Yahweh of hosts!"

For Yahweh said this to me {while his hand weighed heavily on me}, and he {warned me not to walk} in the way of this people, saying,

Restrain your foot from [being] barefoot, and your throat from thirst. But you said, '[It is] hopeless. No! For I have loved strangers, and after them I will go.'

{Oh that I had} in the desert a place of overnight lodging for travelers, that I may leave my people and go from them, for all of them [are] adulterers, a band of traitors.

I sat not in the assembly of jokers, [nor did] I exult. Because of the {presence} of your hand I sat alone, for you filled me [with] indignation.

Flee from the midst of Babylon and save each one his life. You must not perish because of her guilt. For this [is the] time of vengeance for Yahweh, he [will] repay her what is deserved.

Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.

[On] the day of our king, the princes became sick [with] the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.

For you have observed the regulations of Omri and all the works of the house of Ahab. And you have walked in their counsels, so that I am making you a desolation and your inhabitants an object of scorn. So you will bear the scorn of my people.

and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold.

Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for those who cause dissensions and temptations contrary to the teaching which you learned, and stay away from them.

Your boasting [is] not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough?

Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."

Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation [is there between] righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship [does] light [have] with darkness?

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these [things] the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

But we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, [that] you keep away from every brother who lives irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

Lay hands on no one hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.

traitors, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God,

and rescued righteous Lot, worn down by the way of life of lawless persons in licentiousness

'I know your works, and your labor and patient endurance, and that you are not able to tolerate evil, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them [to be] false.

And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out from her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins, and so that you will not receive her plagues,