Bible Verses About Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.

O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—

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.

We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—

my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,

from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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.

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

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

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