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Fellowship with the Wicked 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.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Exodus 33:15, 16

“If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here. / For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

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Fellowship with the Wicked Exodus 34:13–16

Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles. / For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. / Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Numbers 25:1–8

While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, / who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. / So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Deuteronomy 31:16, 17

And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them. / On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

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Fellowship with the Wicked Joshua 23:12, 13

For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Ezra 6:21, 22

The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel. / For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Ezra 9:14

shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?

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Fellowship with the Wicked Psalm 6:8

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Psalm 26:4, 5

I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites. / I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Psalm 50:18

When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Psalm 102:6–8

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. / I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop. / All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Proverbs 12:11

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Proverbs 28:19

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Proverbs 29:24

A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.

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Fellowship with the Wicked 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.

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Fellowship with the Wicked 1 Corinthians 15:33

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

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Fellowship with the Wicked 2 Peter 2:18, 19

With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error. / They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

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Fellowship with the Wicked 2 Peter 3:17

Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Exodus 23:32, 33

You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. / They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Exodus 34:12

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Numbers 16:26

And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Deuteronomy 7:2–4

and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. / Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Deuteronomy 12:30

be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Deuteronomy 13:6–11

If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, / the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other), / you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Joshua 23:6, 7, 13

Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left. / So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them. / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Judges 2:2

and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Ezra 9:1, 2, 12

After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites. / Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!” / Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Ezra 10:11

Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Psalm 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.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Proverbs 1:10–15

My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. / If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, / let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Proverbs 4:14, 15

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. / Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Proverbs 9:6

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

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Proverbs 14:7

Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Matthew 18:17

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden 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.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden 1 Corinthians 5:9–11

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

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden 2 Corinthians 6:14–17

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / 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.”

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Ephesians 5:11

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

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14, 15

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. / 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. / Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden 1 Timothy 6:3–5

If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, / he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions, / and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden 2 Timothy 3:2–7

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, / traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden 2 Peter 3:17

Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden 2 John 1:9–11

Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son. / If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. / Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.

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Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Revelation 18:1–4

After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory. / And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”

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Fellowship with the Wicked: Punishment of Numbers 33:56

And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”

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Fellowship with the Wicked: Punishment of Joshua 23:13

know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

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Fellowship with the Wicked: Punishment of Judges 2:3

So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”

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Fellowship with the Wicked: Punishment of Judges 3:5–8

Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. / So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

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Fellowship with the Wicked: Punishment of Ezra 9:7, 14

From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day. / shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?

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Fellowship with the Wicked: Punishment of Psalm 106:41, 42

He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. / Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.

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Fellowship with the Wicked: Punishment of Revelation 2:16, 22, 23

Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds. / Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

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Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by Ahaziah 2 Chronicles 22:3–5

Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness. / And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father. / Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram;

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Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by Israel Ezekiel 44:7

In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.

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Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by Jehoram 2 Chronicles 21:6

And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 18:3

Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”

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Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 19:2

Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

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Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 20:35–37

Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly. / They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber. / Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.

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Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by Judas Iscariot Matthew 26:14–16

Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests / and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver. / So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

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Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by Rehoboam 1 Kings 12:8, 9

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him. / He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

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Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by Solomon 1 Kings 11:1–8

King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.

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Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by the Israelites Ezra 9:1, 2

After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites. / Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

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Fellowship: Those Who Avoided Fellowship with the Wicked: Church of Ephesus Revelation 2:6

But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

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Fellowship: Those Who Avoided Fellowship with the Wicked: David Psalm 101:4–7

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil. / Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure. / My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.

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Fellowship: Those Who Avoided Fellowship with the Wicked: David Psalm 119:115

Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.

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Fellowship: Those Who Avoided Fellowship with the Wicked: Jeremiah 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.

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Fellowship: Those Who Avoided Fellowship with the Wicked: Joseph of Arimathaea Luke 23:51

who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was waiting for the kingdom of God.

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Fellowship: Those Who Avoided Fellowship with the Wicked: Man of God 1 Kings 13:7–10

Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.” / But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place. / For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”

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Fellowship: Those Who Avoided Fellowship with the Wicked: Nehemiah Nehemiah 6:2–4

Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me. / So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?” / Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

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Fellowship: Those Who Avoided Fellowship with the Wicked: Nehemiah Nehemiah 10:29–31

hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord. / We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons. / When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.

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