What does the Bible say ?
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 (”Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.“)
James 1:27 (”keep oneself from being polluted by the world”)
3 John 1:11 (”do not imitate what is evil”)
Romans 12:9 (”abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.“)
Deuteronomy 18:9-14 (do not learn to imitate detestable ways, including spiritists, sorcerers and witchcraft)
Ephesians 5:11-12 (”Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness” / “live as children of light”)
1 Timothy 4:1 (don’t “follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons”)
1 Corinthians 10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 (”what fellowship can light have with darkness?”)
Philippians 4:8 (think about pure, lovely, noble things)
1 Corinthians 11:1 (”follow the example of Christ”)
1 Corinthians 10:31 (”whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God”)
James 4:7-8 (submit yourselves to God / resist the devil / purify your hearts)
Ezekiel 44:23 (”…teach my people… to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.“)
Proverbs 22:6 (”train a child in the way he should go”)
Matthew 18:6 (”if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin…”)
Hosea 4:6 (”My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.“)
John 3:19-20 (people love darkness instead of light)
Romans 13:12 (”put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.“)
Ephesians 6:11-18 (”take your stand against the devil’s schemes.“)
1 John 5:19 [And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.