What Does the Bible Say About Distancing Yourself From People?

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 12 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 5:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes

But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.

Luke 17:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

Romans 12:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Luke 6:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Titus 3:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

John 13:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

Mark 11:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

1 Corinthians 5:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 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. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 17:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

Luke 11:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Matthew 10:34-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. ...

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

1 Corinthians 5:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

John 13:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

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.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. 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; ...

Micah 7:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

21 Bible Verses about Distancing Yourself From People

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Luke 17:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 12:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 6:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Titus 3:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 13:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Mark 11:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 17:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 11:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 10:34-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 13:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Micah 7:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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21 Bible Verses about Distancing Yourself From People

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1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Luke 17:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 12:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 6:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Titus 3:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 13:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Mark 11:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 17:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 11:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 10:34-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 13:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Micah 7:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote