Bible Verses about Bad Company

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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 02/23/2021
Bible Verses about Bad Company

Bible Verses about Bad Company - Scriptures on Social Influence

What does the Bible say about associating with bad people? Whether we like it or not, we are influenced by the company we keep. Often there are people around us that have a negative effect on our morality and decision making, sometimes even our family members. Scripture offers advice on what to do about these situations and the consequences that can result from bad company. Learn more from our list of Bible verses below!

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1 Corinthians 6:18

18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
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1 Corinthians 10:13

1 Corinthians 10:13
13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
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1 Corinthians 15:33

33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
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1 John 4:1

1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
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2 Corinthians 6:14

14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
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2 Peter 3:9

2 Peter 3:9
9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
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Matthew 5:30

30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
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1 Corinthians 5:11

11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.
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Proverbs 13:20

20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
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Proverbs 14:7

7 Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips.
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Proverbs 25:26

26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.
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Proverbs 27:17

Iron Sharpens Iron
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
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Psalms 1:1

Your Daily Verse - Psalm 1:1
1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,
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Psalms 119:115

115 Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
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Psalms 26:4-5

4 I do not sit with the deceitful, nor do I associate with hypocrites.
5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.
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Proverbs 22:24-25

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
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Proverbs 3:5-6

Proverbs 3:5
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
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1 John 2:15-17

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
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1 Corinthians 5:11-13

11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.
12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”
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Psalms 1:1-4

Psalm 1:1-2
1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.
4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
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