2 Corinthians 6:14

New Century Version

You are not the same as those who do not believe. So do not join yourselves to them. Good and bad do not belong together. Light and darkness cannot share together.

Cross References

Genesis 24:3

Make a promise to me before the Lord, the God of heaven and earth. Don’t get a wife for my son from the Canaanite girls who live around here.

1 Kings 18:21

Elijah approached the people and said, “How long will you not decide between two choices? If the Lord is the true God, follow him, but if Baal is the true God, follow him!” But the people said nothing.

2 Chronicles 19:2

Jehu son of Hanani, a seer, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Why did you help evil people? Why do you love those who hate the Lord? That is the reason the Lord is angry with you.

Ezra 10:19

(They all promised to divorce their wives, and each one brought a male sheep from the flock as a penalty offering.)

Psalm 106:35

Instead, they mixed with the other nations and learned their customs.

Psalm 119:63

I am a friend to everyone who fears you, to anyone who obeys your orders.

Psalm 16:3

As for the godly people in the world, they are the wonderful ones I enjoy.

Exodus 34:16

If you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters worship gods, they will lead your sons to do the same thing.

Proverbs 22:24

Don’t make friends with quick-tempered people or spend time with those who have bad tempers.

Proverbs 29:27

Good people hate those who are dishonest, and the wicked hate those who are honest.

Leviticus 19:19

“ ‘Obey my laws. You must not mate two different kinds of cattle or sow your field with two different kinds of seed. You must not wear clothing made from two different kinds of material mixed together.

Malachi 2:11

The people of Judah have broken their promises. They have done something God hates in Israel and Jerusalem: The people of Judah did not respect the Temple that the Lord loves, and the men of Judah married women who worship foreign gods.

Malachi 2:15

God made husbands and wives to become one body and one spirit for his purpose—so they would have children who are true to God. So be careful, and do not break your promise to the wife you married when you were young.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I tell it the evil things it does.

Acts 4:23

After Peter and John left the meeting of leaders, they went to their own group and told them everything the leading priests and the elders had said to them.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons also. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be fooled: “Bad friends will ruin good habits.”

1 Corinthians 5:9

I wrote you in my earlier letter not to associate with those who sin sexually.

1 Corinthians 6:6

But now one believer goes to court against another believer—and you do this in front of unbelievers!

1 Corinthians 7:39

A woman must stay with her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry any man she wants, but she must marry another believer.

Philippians 2:15

Then you will be innocent and without any wrong. You will be God’s children without fault. But you are living with crooked and mean people all around you, among whom you shine like stars in the dark world.

James 4:4

So, you are not loyal to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. Anyone who wants to be a friend of the world becomes God’s enemy.