And the man of God said to the king, If you would give me the half of your house, I would not go in with you, and I will not eat bread, and I will not drink water in this place.
Do not let my heart turn aside to any evil thing, to thrust out deeds in wickedness with men who do iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies.
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Please turn away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that is to them, lest you be consumed in all their sins.
And brothers I exhort you to watch the ones making divisions and causes of stumbling contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.
But now I wrote to you not to associate intimately; if anyone being named a brother and is either a fornicator, or a covetous one, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a rapacious one, with such a one not to eat.
And I heard another voice out of Heaven saying, My people, come out of her, that you may not share in her sins, and that you may not receive of her plagues;
And Samuel said, Does Jehovah delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold! Obeying is better than sacrifice; to give attention is better than the fat of rams.