Great blessing awaits those who will turn from bad associates, but the curse of God is upon those who refuse to do so—Read for yourself and see—
BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 1:1.
HE that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 13:20.
ENTER not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Proverbs 4:14—15.
MY son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: . . . Cast in thy lot among us, let us all have one purse: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path.
Proverbs 1:10—12, 14—15.
YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?
James 4:4.
BE ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness!
II Corinthians 6:14.
By the help of God you can cut loose from the old crowd, and live a clean life—Begin now.
WHEREFORE come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord.
II Corinthians 6:17.
Read: Proverbs 29:25; Mark 8:38; Matthew 5:11,12.