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Genesis 19:15
At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
Genesis 49:6
May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
Exodus 23:2, 32, 33
You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd. / You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. / They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
Exodus 34:12–15
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst. / Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles. / For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Leviticus 18:3
You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
Leviticus 20:23
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
Numbers 16:21–26
“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” / But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?” / Then the LORD said to Moses,
Numbers 33:55
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.
Deuteronomy 7:2–4
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. / Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
Deuteronomy 12:30
be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
Joshua 23:6–13
Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left. / So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them. / Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
Judges 2:1–3
Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you, / and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done? / So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
2 Samuel 23:6, 7
But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand. / The man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a spear. The fire burns them to ashes in the place where they lie.”
2 Chronicles 19:2
Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
Ezra 9:14
shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?
Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Psalm 6:8
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Psalm 15:4
who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
Psalm 26:4, 5, 9
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites. / I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked. / Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
Psalm 28:3
Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
Psalm 31:6
I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
Psalm 50:18
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
Psalm 84:10
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Psalm 101:4, 7
A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil. / No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
Psalm 106:34, 35
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, / but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
Psalm 119:115
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Psalm 120:5–7
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! / Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace. / I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
Psalm 139:19, 21, 22
O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men— / Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You? / I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
Psalm 141:4
Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
Proverbs 1:10, 14, 15
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. / Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”— / my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
Proverbs 2:11, 12, 16, 19
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, / to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity, / It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Proverbs 4:14, 15
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. / Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
Proverbs 5:8
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
Proverbs 9:6
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Proverbs 12:11, 26
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment. / A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Proverbs 14:7
Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
Proverbs 16:29
A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
Proverbs 17:12
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 20:19
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Proverbs 22:5, 10, 24, 25
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them. / Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease. / Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Proverbs 23:6, 20
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies; / Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
Proverbs 24:1
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
Proverbs 28:7, 19
A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father. / The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Proverbs 29:16, 24
When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall. / A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.
Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
Isaiah 8:11, 12
For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people: / “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
Jeremiah 2:25
You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
Jeremiah 9:2
If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
Jeremiah 15:17
I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
Jeremiah 51:6, 45
Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves. / Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
Hosea 7:5, 8, 9
The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him. / Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake. / Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
Micah 6:16
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
Matthew 24:12
Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
Romans 16:17, 18
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. / For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
2 Corinthians 6:14, 15, 17
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Galatians 5:9
A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
Ephesians 5:6, 7
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / Therefore do not be partakers with them.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.
1 Timothy 5:22
Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
1 Timothy 6:5
and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
2 Timothy 3:4, 5
traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, / having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
2 Peter 2:7, 8, 18
and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless / (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— / With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
2 John 1:10, 11
If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. / Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.
Revelation 2:2
I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
Revelation 18:4
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.