What Does the Bible Say About The Company You Keep?

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 86 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 73 helpful votes

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

Psalm 1:1-2 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Psalm 141:4-5 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies! Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 27 helpful votes

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

Psalm 111:1 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.

Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Job 15:34 ESV / 17 helpful votes

For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Luke 6:46 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Proverbs 27:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds,

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Proverbs 17:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.

Psalm 35:1-28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Of David. Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me! Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help! Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your salvation!” Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me! Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away! ...

1 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

Matthew 26:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

23 Bible Verses about The Company You Keep

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 86 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 73 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-2 ESV / 61 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Psalm 141:4-5 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Psalm 111:1 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Job 15:34 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 13 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Luke 6:46 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 35:1-28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 26:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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23 Bible Verses about The Company You Keep

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Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 86 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 73 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-2 ESV / 61 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Psalm 141:4-5 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Psalm 111:1 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Job 15:34 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 13 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Luke 6:46 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 35:1-28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 26:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes