KJV King James Version
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
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1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
WEB World English Bible
Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
ASV American Standard Version
Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 15
30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak [this] to your shame.
35 But some [man] will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 [Thou] fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
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Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.Matthew 24:4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?Proverbs 9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.Ephesians 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.2 Timothy 2:16-18But shun profane [and] vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.1 Corinthians 6:9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,Matthew 24:24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.2 Peter 2:2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.Hebrews 12:15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;2 Peter 2:18-20For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.Matthew 24:11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.2 Thessalonians 2:10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.Revelation 13:8-14And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
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