1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

Proverbs 13:20


He who walks [as a companion] with wise men will be wise,
But the companions of [conceited, dull-witted] fools [are fools themselves and] will experience harm.

Matthew 24:4

Jesus answered, “Be careful that no one misleads you [deceiving you and leading you into error].

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [by perversion], nor those who participate in homosexuality,

Proverbs 9:6


“Leave [behind] your foolishness [and the foolish] and live,
And walk in the way of insight and understanding.”

Matthew 24:11

Many false prophets will appear and mislead many.

Matthew 24:24

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and they will provide great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect (God’s chosen ones).

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting [over the supposed spirituality of your church] is not good [indeed, it is vulgar and inappropriate]. Do you not know that [just] a little leaven ferments the whole batch [of dough, just as a little sin corrupts a person or an entire church]?

Galatians 6:7

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty arguments [that encourage you to sin], for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience [those who habitually sin].

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them].

2 Timothy 2:16-18

But avoid all irreverent babble and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], for it will lead to further ungodliness,

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

2 Peter 2:2

Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.

2 Peter 2:18-20

For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 13:8-14

All the inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who has been slain [as a willing sacrifice].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Be

1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [by perversion], nor those who participate in homosexuality,
Matthew 24:4
Jesus answered, “Be careful that no one misleads you [deceiving you and leading you into error].
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty arguments [that encourage you to sin], for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience [those who habitually sin].
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them].
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 13:8
All the inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who has been slain [as a willing sacrifice].

Evil

1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting [over the supposed spirituality of your church] is not good [indeed, it is vulgar and inappropriate]. Do you not know that [just] a little leaven ferments the whole batch [of dough, just as a little sin corrupts a person or an entire church]?
Proverbs 9:6

“Leave [behind] your foolishness [and the foolish] and live,
And walk in the way of insight and understanding.”
Proverbs 13:20

He who walks [as a companion] with wise men will be wise,
But the companions of [conceited, dull-witted] fools [are fools themselves and] will experience harm.
2 Timothy 2:16
But avoid all irreverent babble and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], for it will lead to further ungodliness,
Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;
2 Peter 2:2
Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.

General references

Leviticus 11:24
‘By [contact with] these you will become unclean; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until the evening (dusk),
Leviticus 15:20
Everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean; and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.
Deuteronomy 20:18
so that they will not teach you to act in accordance with all the detestable practices which they have done [in worship and service] for their gods, and in this way cause you to sin against the Lord your God.
Ruth 2:23
So she stayed close to the maids of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Job 34:8

Who goes in company with those who do evil
And walks with wicked men?
Psalm 26:4

I do not sit with deceitful or unethical or worthless men,
Nor seek companionship with pretenders (self-righteous hypocrites).
Proverbs 4:14

Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not go the way of evil men.
Proverbs 22:25

Or you will learn his [undisciplined] ways
And get yourself trapped [in a situation from which it is hard to escape].
Galatians 5:9
A little leaven [a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers] leavens the whole batch [it perverts the concept of faith and misleads the church].