Bad Friends
10 passages
- 1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Read it in context - Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Read it in context - Proverbs 22:24–25
24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, 25or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Read it in context - Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Read it in context - Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Read it in context - 1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Read it in context - 1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. 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 an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
Read it in context - 1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Read it in context - 1 John 3:17
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
Read it in context - 1 John 3:7–8
7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. 8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
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