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What does the Bible say about bad relationships?

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The Bible teaches that relationships should draw us toward faithfulness, wisdom, purity, peace, and love for God, while harmful companionship and sinful intimacy should be resisted or left behind. 1 Corinthians 15:33 warns that bad company corrupts good character, and 1 John 4:1 calls believers to test influences by God’s truth. Romans 12:2 urges renewed minds rather than conformity to the world, while Amos 3:3 highlights the importance of shared direction. Christians are to flee sexual sin, refuse revenge, and overcome evil with good according to 1 Corinthians 6:18 and Romans 12:17-21. God can preserve His people, give wise seasons, and ultimately heal every sorrow.

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  • 1 John 4:1

    Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:33

    Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."

  • Romans 12:2

    Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

  • Amos 3:3

    Do two walk together, Unless they have agreed?

  • Ecclesiastes 3:1

    For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

  • Jeremiah 29:11

    For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:18

    Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

  • Romans 12:17-21

    [17] Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. [18] If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. [19] Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord." [20] Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head." [21] Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

  • Revelation 21:4

    He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."

  • 2 Peter 2:9

    the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

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