2 Corinthians 6:14

New International Reader's Version

Do not be joined to unbelievers. What do right and wrong have in common? Can light and darkness be friends?

Cross References

Genesis 24:3

The Lord is the God of heaven and the God of earth. I want you to make a promise to me in his name. I’m living among the people of Canaan. But I want you to promise me that you won’t get a wife for my son from their daughters.

1 Kings 18:21

Elijah went there and stood in front of the people. He said, “How long will it take you to make up your minds? If the Lord is the one and only God, worship him. But if Baal is the one and only God, worship him.” The people didn’t say anything.

2 Chronicles 19:2

Jehu the prophet went out to meet him. He was the son of Hanani. Jehu said to the king, “You shouldn’t help evil people. You shouldn’t love those who hate the Lord. The Lord is angry with you.

Ezra 10:19

All of them made a firm promise to send their wives away. Each of these men brought a ram from his flock as a guilt offering.

Psalm 106:35

Instead, they mixed with those nations and adopted their ways.

Psalm 119:63

I’m a friend to everyone who has respect for you. I’m a friend to everyone who follows your rules.

Psalm 16:3

I say about God’s people who live in our land, “They are the noble ones. I take great delight in them.”

Exodus 34:16

You will choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons. And those daughters will commit sin by worshiping their gods. Then they will lead your sons to do the same thing.

Proverbs 22:24

Don’t be a friend of a person who has a bad temper. Don’t go around with a person who gets angry easily.

Proverbs 29:27

Those who do what is right hate dishonest people. Those who do what is wrong hate honest people.

Leviticus 19:19

“ ‘Obey my rules. “ ‘Do not let different kinds of animals mate with each other. “ ‘Do not mix two kinds of seeds and then plant them in your field. “ ‘Do not wear clothes that are made out of two kinds of cloth.

Malachi 2:11

And Judah has been unfaithful. A hateful thing has been done in Israel and Jerusalem. The Lord loves his temple. But Judah has made it impure. Their men have married women who worship other gods.

Malachi 2:15

Hasn’t the one God made the two of you one also? Both of you belong to him in body and spirit. And why has the one God made you one? Because he wants his children to be like him. So be careful. Don’t be unfaithful to the wife you married when you were young.

John 7:7

The people of the world can’t hate you. But they hate me. This is because I am a witness that their works are evil.

Acts 4:23

Peter and John were allowed to leave. They went back to their own people. They reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You can’t drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too. You can’t have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t let anyone fool you. “Bad companions make a good person bad.”

1 Corinthians 5:9

I wrote a letter to you to tell you to stay away from people who commit sexual sins.

1 Corinthians 6:6

Instead, one believer goes to court against another. And this happens in front of unbelievers!

1 Corinthians 7:39

A woman has to stay married to her husband as long as he lives. If he dies, she is free to marry anyone she wants to. But the one she marries must belong to the Lord.

Philippians 2:15

Then you will be pure and without blame. You will be children of God without fault among sinful and evil people. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.

James 4:4

You are not faithful to God. Don’t you know that to be a friend of the world is to hate God? So anyone who chooses to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.