One
bad apple - 1st Corinthians 15: 33, King James Version (KJV): 33 Be
not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Today,
reply is on the guidance shared in the holy writings that address
those who belong to divinity choosing their companions, close
friends, and those they will trust with secrets. It is written:
Psalms 101: 1-8, King James Version (KJV): 1 I will sing of mercy
and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. 2
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come
unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3 I will
set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that
turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4 A froward heart
shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that
hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 6 Mine eyes
shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell
with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He
that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth
lies shall not tarry in my sight. 8 I will early destroy all the
wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city
of the LORD. A fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers”
public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “Tracy”
(Level 2 with 562 points, a member since April 08, 2015) posted the
following:
What
does the Bible say about bad association?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: LORD, who shall abide in thy
tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh
uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his
heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his
neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. In whose
eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the
LORD. He that sweareth to
his own hurt, and changeth not. He that putteth
not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent.
He that doeth these things shall never be moved. (Psalms 15:
1-8, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Counsels On Shunning Sinners (05/03/2019); Known By
Spiritual Fruit (03/06/2019); Ungodly Pride Is Sin (01/08/2019); By
Reading The Bible? (11/18/2018); Be Not Unequally Yoked (04/16/2018);
What Young People Need? (06/26/2017); Fellowship With the Father
(06/13/2017)
“Tracy”,
advice and counsel to developing Christian believers center on
forming fruitful and healthy relationships by making godly choices
and decisions. As the offspring of GOD and joint heirs with Jesus
Christ, believers are to discern and respond to the spirit substance
imparted from GOD that will appear within events, within oneself, and
within others. Consider again the following guidance that is shared
in the holy writings:
1.
Proverbs 22: 24-25, KJV: 24 Make no friendship with an angry man;
and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn his
ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
2.
2nd Corinthians 6: 14-17, KJV: 14 Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light
with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what
part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement
hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the
living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them;
and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and
touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
3.
Proverbs 1: 10-19, KJV: 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent
thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,
let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us
swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down
into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill
our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have
one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain
thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to evil, and make
haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the
sight of any bird. 18 And they lay wait for their own blood;
they lurk privily for their own lives. 19 So are the
ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away
the life of the owners thereof.
4.
Ezekiel 16: 49-50, KJV: 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy
sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was
in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of
the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and committed
abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
5.
Galatians 5: 19-26, KJV: 19 Now the works of the flesh are
manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance,
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings,
murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell
you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they
which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such
there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ’s
have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be
desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 6. John 10: 9-11, KJV: 9 I am
the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go
in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have
life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 11 I am
the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.)
Even so, I trust this fragment will be
useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
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