Bible Verses about Boundaries
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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff
on 06/15/2026
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And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
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Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good.
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You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.
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Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him.
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Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave.
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But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
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Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you.
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If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”
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Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
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Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
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Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,
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or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
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Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house— too much of you, and they will hate you.
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Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him.
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Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
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All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
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“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
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If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.
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“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.
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But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
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If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
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Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
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Simon and his companions went to look for him,
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and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”
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Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”
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Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
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So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.
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Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
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But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
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Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.
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But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people.
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He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.
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Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!
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If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
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I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—
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not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
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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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What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
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God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”
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“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.
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Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
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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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Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
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Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else,
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for each one should carry their own load.
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Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
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Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
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“In your anger do not sin” : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
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and do not give the devil a foothold.
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Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
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In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.
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For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
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We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
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Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.
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And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.
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Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them, in order that they may feel ashamed.
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Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.
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Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.
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But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
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People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
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without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
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treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
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having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
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Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.
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You may be sure that such people are warped and sinful; they are self-condemned.
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My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
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because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
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Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
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Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
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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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If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.
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Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work.