— 1 Corinthians 15:33-34; Proverbs 13:20; 1 Corinthians 5:11; Proverbs 14:7; Psalm 26:4-5; Psalm 1:1-4; Proverbs 22:24-25; Proverbs 1:10-11; Proverbs 4:14-15; Proverbs 16:29; Proverbs 28:7; Micah 6:16; Matthew 24:12; Romans 16:17; 1 Corinthians 5:6; 2 Corinthians 6:14-15; Ephesians 5:6-7; Ephesians 5:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 1 Timothy 5:22; 1 Timothy 6:5; 2 Timothy 3:4; 2 Peter 2:7; Revelation 2:2; Revelation 18:4;
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— Proverbs 13:20 (AMPC) — He who walks [as a companion] with wise men is wise, but he who associates with [self-confident] fools is [a fool himself and] shall smart for it. —
— 1 Corinthians 5:11 (AMPC) — But now I write to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of [Christian] brother if he is known to be guilty of immorality or greed, or is an idolater [whose soul is devoted to any object that usurps the place of God], or is a person with a foul tongue [railing, abusing, reviling, slandering], or is a drunkard or a swindler or a robber. [No] you must not so much as eat with such a person. — —
— Proverbs 13:20 (AMPC) — He who walks [as a companion] with wise men is wise, but he who associates with [self-confident] fools is [a fool himself and] shall smart for it. —
— 1 Corinthians 5:11 (AMPC) — But now I write to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of [Christian] brother if he is known to be guilty of immorality or greed, or is an idolater [whose soul is devoted to any object that usurps the place of God], or is a person with a foul tongue [railing, abusing, reviling, slandering], or is a drunkard or a swindler or a robber. [No] you must not so much as eat with such a person. —
— Proverbs 14:7 (AMPC) — Go from the presence of a foolish and self-confident man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips —
— Psalm 26:4-5 (AMPC) — I do not sit with false persons, nor fellowship with pretenders; I hate the company of evildoers and will not sit with the wicked. —
— Proverbs 22:24-25 (AMPC) — Make no friendships with a man given to anger, and with a wrathful man do not associate, Lest you learn his ways and get yourself into a snare. —
— Proverbs 1:10-11 (AMPC) — My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait [to shed] blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause [and show that his piety is in vain]; —
— Proverbs 4:14-15 (AMPC) — Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, do not go on it; turn from it and pass on. —
— Proverbs 16:29 (AMPC) — The exceedingly grasping, covetous, and violent man entices his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good. —
— Proverbs 28:7 (AMPC) — Whoever keeps the law [of God and man] is a wise son, but he who is a companion of gluttons and the carousing, self-indulgent, and extravagant shames his father.—
— Micah 6:16 (AMPC) — For the statutes of [idolatrous] Omri you have kept, and all the works of the house of [wicked] Ahab, and you walk in their counsels. Therefore I will make you a desolation and an astonishment and your [city’s] inhabitants a hissing, and you shall bear the reproach and scorn of My people. —
— Matthew 24:12 (AMPC) — And the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity, —
— Romans 16:17 (AMPC) — I appeal to you, brethren, to be on your guard concerning those who create dissensions and difficulties and cause divisions, in opposition to the doctrine (the teaching) which you have been taught. [I warn you to turn aside from them, to] avoid them. —
— 1 Corinthians 5:6 (AMPC) — [About the condition of your church] your boasting is not good [indeed, it is most unseemly and entirely out of place]. Do you not know that [just] a little leaven will ferment the whole lump [of dough]? —