What Does the Bible Say About Socialization?

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 9 helpful votes

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

Romans 12:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Romans 1:18-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ...

John 15:18-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 6:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...

Genesis 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ...

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

21 Bible Verses about Socialization

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:18-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:18-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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21 Bible Verses about Socialization

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 6:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:18-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:18-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote