Ephesians 5:11

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Ephesians 5:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

10 Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

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Ephesians 5:7

Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

Genesis 49:6

May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

Psalms 1:1

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalms 1:2

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

Psalms 26:4

I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

Psalms 26:5

I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

Psalms 94:20

Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

Psalms 94:21

They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Proverbs 4:14

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

Proverbs 4:15

Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

Jeremiah 15:17

I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.

Romans 16:17

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.

1 Corinthians 5:9

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

1 Corinthians 5:10

I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.

1 Corinthians 5:11

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

1 Corinthians 10:20

No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

2 Corinthians 6:15

What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

2 Corinthians 6:18

And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

2 Timothy 3:5

having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

2 John 1:10

If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.

2 John 1:11

Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

Proverbs 1:31

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Romans 6:21

What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

Galatians 6:8

The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Ephesians 4:22

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Job 24:13

Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.

Job 24:14

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

Job 24:15

The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

Job 24:16

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

Job 24:17

For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!

John 3:19

And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

John 3:20

Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

John 3:21

But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”

Romans 1:22

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 1:23

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

Romans 1:24

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

Romans 1:25

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

Romans 1:26

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

Romans 1:27

Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Romans 1:28

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Romans 1:29

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

Romans 1:30

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

Romans 1:31

They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.

Romans 1:32

Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

Romans 13:12

The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

Genesis 20:16

And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”

Leviticus 19:17

You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.

Psalms 141:5

Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

Proverbs 9:7

He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

Proverbs 15:12

A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 25:12

Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.

Proverbs 29:1

A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

Isaiah 29:21

those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

Matthew 18:15

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

Luke 3:19

But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,

1 Timothy 5:20

But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.

2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.

Titus 2:15

Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.