Bible Verses About Negative Influences

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

“By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.”

“But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.”

“He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.”

“Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.”

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”

“We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.”

“A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.”

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

“If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.”

“Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.”

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”

“Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.”

“But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.”

“Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?”