Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God
94 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
47 sections
- A Call to Come out From
- Ahaziah
- Blessedness of Avoiding
- Blessedness of Forsaking
- Children Who Enter Into, Bring Shame Upon Their Parents
- Evil Consequences of
- Examples of Avoiding: Church of Ephesus
- Examples of Avoiding: David
- Examples of Avoiding: Jeremiah
- Examples of Avoiding: Joseph of Arimathaea
- Examples of Avoiding: Man of God
- Examples of Avoiding: Nehemiah
- Examples of Forsaking: Israelites
- Examples of Forsaking: Sons of the Priests
- Examples of the Judgments of God Against: Ahaziah
- Examples of the Judgments of God Against: Judas Iscariot
- Examples of the Judgments of God Against: Korah
- Exhortations to Hate and Avoid
- Exhortations to Shun all Inducements To
- Forbidden
- Have Led to Murder and Human Sacrifice
- Involve Saints in Their Guiltiness
- Involve Saints in Their Punishment
- Israel
- Israelites
- Jehoram
- Jehoshaphat
- Judas Iscariot
- Lead to Idolatry
- Means of Preservation From
- Persons in Authority should Denounce
- Pious Parents Prohibit, to Their Children
- Provoke God to Leave Mean to Reap the Fruits of Them
- Provoke the Anger of God
- Punishment of
- Rehoboam
- Saints are Separate From
- Saints Deprecate
- Saints Grieve to Meet With, in Their Intercourse with The
- Saints Grieve to Witness in Their Brethren
- Saints Hate and Avoid
- Saints should be Circumspect when Unintentionally Thrown Into
- Sin of, to be Confessed, Deeply Repented of, and Forsaken
- Solomon
- The Wicked are Prone To
- The Wicked Tempt Saints To
- Unbecoming in Those Called Saints
A Call to Come out From
- 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.”
- 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.”
- Jeremiah 51:6 Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
- Jeremiah 51:45 Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
- 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 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.
- 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.
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. …
Blessedness of Avoiding
- 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.
Blessedness of Forsaking
- Ezra 9:12 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 …
- Proverbs 9:6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:17–18 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” …
Children Who Enter Into, Bring Shame Upon Their Parents
- Proverbs 28:7 A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
Evil Consequences of
- Proverbs 28:19 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
- Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
Examples of Avoiding: Church of Ephesus
- Revelation 2:6 But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Examples of Avoiding: David
- Psalm 101:4–7 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil. …
- Psalm 119:115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Examples of Avoiding: 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.
Examples of Avoiding: 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.
Examples of Avoiding: 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.” …
Examples of Avoiding: 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. …
- 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 obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord. …
Examples of Forsaking: Israelites
- Numbers 16:27 So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.
- 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. …
- Ezra 10:3–4 So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law. …
- Ezra 10:16–17 So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation, …
Examples of Forsaking: Sons of the Priests
- Ezra 10:18–19 Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. …
Examples of the Judgments of God Against: Ahaziah
- 2 Chronicles 22:7–8 Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. …
Examples of the Judgments of God Against: Judas Iscariot
- Acts 1:18 (Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
Examples of the Judgments of God Against: Korah
- Numbers 16:32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households — all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
Exhortations to Hate and Avoid
- Proverbs 14:7 Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
- 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 5:9–11 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. …
- Ephesians 5:6–7 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. …
- 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!
Exhortations to Shun all Inducements To
- Proverbs 1:10–15 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. …
- Proverbs 4:14–15 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. …
- 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.
Forbidden
- Exodus 23:32 You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 7:2–3 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. …
- Deuteronomy 13:6 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,
- Deuteronomy 13:8 you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
- Joshua 23:6–7 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. …
- 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?
- Ezra 9:12 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 …
- Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- Proverbs 1:15 my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
- 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? …
- Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Have Led to Murder and Human Sacrifice
- Psalm 106:37–38 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. …
Involve Saints in Their Guiltiness
- 2 John 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. …
- 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.
Involve Saints in Their Punishment
- 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.”
- Jeremiah 51:6 Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
- 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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 as you are, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 20:35–37 Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly. …
Judas Iscariot
- Matthew 26:14–16 Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests …
Lead to Idolatry
- Exodus 34:15–16 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. …
- Numbers 25:1–8 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, …
- Deuteronomy 7:4 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.
- Judges 3:5–7 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. …
- Revelation 2:20 But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Means of Preservation From
- Proverbs 2:10–20 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul. …
- Proverbs 19:27 If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Persons in Authority should Denounce
- Ezra 10:9–11 So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of …
- Nehemiah 13:23–27 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. …
Pious Parents Prohibit, to Their Children
- Genesis 28:1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
Provoke God to Leave Mean to Reap the Fruits of Them
- 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, …
- Judges 2:1–3 Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you, …
Provoke the Anger of God
- Deuteronomy 7:4 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.
- 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 …
- 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.
- Ezra 9:13–14 After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this), …
- Psalm 106:29 So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
- Psalm 106:40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Isaiah 2:6 For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
Punishment of
- Numbers 33:56 And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”
- Deuteronomy 7:4 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.
- 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 …
- 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.”
- Judges 3:5–8 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. …
- Ezra 9:7 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 subjected to the sword and to captivity, …
- 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?
- Psalm 106:41–42 He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. …
- Revelation 2:16 Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
- Revelation 2:22–23 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. …
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. …
Saints are Separate From
- Exodus 33:16 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?”
- Ezra 6:21 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.
Saints Deprecate
- 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.
- Psalm 6:8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
- Psalm 15:4 who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
- Psalm 101:4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.
- Psalm 101:7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
- Psalm 119:115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
- Psalm 139:19 O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
Saints Grieve to Meet With, in Their Intercourse with The
- Psalm 57:4 My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Psalm 120:5–6 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! …
- 2 Peter 2:7–8 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless …
Saints Grieve to Witness in Their Brethren
- Genesis 26:35 And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
- Ezra 9:3 When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.
- Ezra 10:6 Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
Saints Hate and Avoid
- Psalm 26:4–5 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites. …
- Psalm 31:6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
- Psalm 101:7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
- Revelation 2:2 I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
Saints should be Circumspect when Unintentionally Thrown Into
- Matthew 10:16 Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Colossians 4:5 Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
- 1 Peter 2:12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
Sin of, to be Confessed, Deeply Repented of, and Forsaken
- Ezra 10:1–44 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites — men, women, and children — gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well. …
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. …
The Wicked are Prone To
- Psalm 50:18 When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
- Jeremiah 2:25 You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
The Wicked Tempt Saints To
- 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. …
Unbecoming in Those Called Saints
- 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.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14–16 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? …
- Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.