Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God

·         Forbidden -Exodus 23:32; 34:12; Deuteronomy 7:2,3; 13:6,8; Joshua 23:6,7; Judges 2:2; Ezra 9:12; Proverbs 1:10,15; 2 Corinthians 6:14-17; Ephesians 5:11

• Lead to idolatry -Exodus 34:15,16; Numbers 25:1-8; Deuteronomy 7:4; Judges 3:5-7; Revelation 2:20
• Have led to murder and human sacrifice -Psalms 106:37,38
• Provoke the anger of God -Deuteronomy 7:4; 31:16,17; 2 Chronicles 19:2; Ezra 9:13,14; Psalms 106:29,40; Isaiah 2:6
• Provoke God to leave mean to reap the fruits of them -Joshua 23:12,13; Judges 2:1-3
• Are ensnaring -Exodus 23:33; Numbers 25:18; Deuteronomy 12:30; 13:6; Psalms 106:36
• Are enslaved -2 Peter 2:18,19
• Are defiling -Ezra 9:1,2
• Are degrading -Isaiah 1:23
• Are ruinous to spiritual interest -Proverbs 29:24; Hebrews 12:14,15; 2 Peter 3:17
• Are ruinous to moral character -1 Corinthians 15:33
• Are a proof of folly -Proverbs 12:11
• Children who enter into, bring shame upon their parents -Proverbs 28:7
• Evil consequences of -Proverbs 28:19; Jeremiah 51:7
• The wicked are prone to -Psalms 50:18; Jeremiah 2:25
• The wicked tempt saints to -Nehemiah 6:2-4
• Sin of, to be confessed, deeply repented of, and forsaken -Ezra 10:1-44
• Involve saints in their guiltiness -2 John 1:9-11; Revelation 18:4
• Involve saints in their punishment -Numbers 16:26; Jeremiah 51:6; Revelation 18:4
• Unbecoming in those called saints - 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Corinthians 6:14-16; Philippians 2:15
• Exhortations to shun all inducements to - Proverbs 1:10-15; 4:14,15; 2 Peter 3:17
• Exhortations to hate and avoid - Proverbs 14:7; Romans 16:17; 1 Corinthians 5:9-11; Ephesians 5:6,7; 1 Timothy 6:5; 2 Timothy 3:5
• A call to come out from - Numbers 16:26; Ezra 10:11; Jeremiah 51:6,45; 2 Corinthians 6:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Revelation 18:4
• Means of preservation from - Proverbs 2:10-20; 19:27
• Blessedness of avoiding - Psalms 1:1
• Blessedness of forsaking - Ezra 9:12; Proverbs 9:6; 2 Corinthians 6:17,18
• Saints grieve to meet with, in their intercourse with the world - Psalms 57:4; 120:5,6; 2 Peter 2:7,8
• Saints grieve to witness in their brethren - Genesis 26:35; Ezra 9:3; 10:6
• Saints hate and avoid - Psalms 26:4,5; 31:6; 101:7; Revelation 2:2
• Saints deprecate - Genesis 49:6; Psalms 6:8; 15:4; 101:4,7; 119:115; 139:19
• Saints are separate from - Exodus 33:16; Ezra 6:21
• Saints should be circumspect when unintentionally thrown into - Matthew 10:16; Colossians 4:5; 1 Peter 2:12
• Pious parents prohibit, to their children - Genesis 28:1
• Persons in authority should denounce - Ezra 10:9-11; Nehemiah 13:23-27
• Punishment of - Numbers 33:56; Deuteronomy 7:4; Joshua 23:13; Judges 2:3; 3:5-8; Ezra 9:7,14; Psalms 106:41,42; Revelation 2:16,22,23
• Exemplified
  • Solomon  - 1 Kings 11:1-8
  • Rehoboam - 1 Kings 12:8,9
  • Jehoshaphat - 2 Chronicles 18:3; 19:2; 20:35-37
  • Jehoram - 2 Chronicles 21:6
  • Ahaziah - 2 Chronicles 22:3-5
  • Israelites - Ezra 9:1,2
  • Israel - Ezekiel 44:7
  • Judas Iscariot - Matthew 26:14-16
• Examples of avoiding
  • Man of God - 1 Kings 13:7-10
  • Nehemiah, &c - Nehemiah 6:2-4; 10:29-31
  • David - Psalms 101:4-7; 119:115
  • Jeremiah - Jeremiah 15:17
  • Joseph of Arimathaea - Luke 23:51
  • Church of Ephesus - Revelation 2:6
• Examples of forsaking
  • Israelites - Numbers 16:27; Ezra 6:21,22; 10:3,4,16,17
  • Sons of the Priests - Ezra 10:18,19
• Examples of the judgments of God against
  • Korah, &c - Numbers 16:32
  • Ahaziah - 2 Chronicles 22:7,8
  • Judas Iscariot - Acts 1:18