Bible Cross References
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Proverbs 13:20
Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make friends with stupid people, you will be ruined.
Numbers 25:1-6
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When the Israelites were camped at Acacia Valley, the men began to have sexual intercourse with the Moabite women who were there.
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These women invited them to sacrificial feasts, where the god of Moab was worshiped. The Israelites ate the food and worshiped the god
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Baal of Peor. So the LORD was angry with them
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and said to Moses, "Take all the leaders of Israel and, in obedience to me, execute them in broad daylight, and then I will no longer be angry with the people."
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Moses said to the officials, "Each of you is to kill every man in your tribe who has become a worshiper of Baal of Peor."
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One of the Israelites took a Midianite woman into his tent in the sight of Moses and the whole community, while they were mourning at the entrance of the Tent of the LORD's presence.
Hosea 4:11-14
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The LORD says, "Wine, both old and new, is robbing my people of their senses!
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They ask for revelations from a piece of wood! A stick tells them what they want to know! They have left me. Like a woman who becomes a prostitute, they have given themselves to other gods.
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At sacred places on the mountaintops they offer sacrifices, and on the hills they burn incense under tall, spreading trees, because the shade is so pleasant! "As a result, your daughters serve as prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
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Yet I will not punish them for this, because you yourselves go off with temple prostitutes, and together with them you offer pagan sacrifices. As the proverb says, 'A people without sense will be ruined.'
1 Corinthians 10:6-8
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Now, all of this is an example for us, to warn us not to desire evil things, as they did,
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nor to worship idols, as some of them did. As the scripture says, "The people sat down to a feast which turned into an orgy of drinking and sex."
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We must not be guilty of sexual immorality, as some of them were---and in one day twenty-three thousand of them fell dead.
2 Peter 2:10-18
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especially those who follow their filthy bodily lusts and despise God's authority. These false teachers are bold and arrogant, and show no respect for the glorious beings above; instead, they insult them.
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Even the angels, who are so much stronger and mightier than these false teachers, do not accuse them with insults in the presence of the Lord.
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But these people act by instinct, like wild animals born to be captured and killed; they attack with insults anything they do not understand. They will be destroyed like wild animals,
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and they will be paid with suffering for the suffering they have caused. Pleasure for them is to do anything in broad daylight that will satisfy their bodily appetites; they are a shame and a disgrace as they join you in your meals, all the while enjoying their deceitful ways!
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They want to look for nothing but the chance to commit adultery; their appetite for sin is never satisfied. They lead weak people into a trap. Their hearts are trained to be greedy. They are under God's curse!
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They have left the straight path and have lost their way; they have followed the path taken by Balaam son of Beor, who loved the money he would get for doing wrong
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and was rebuked for his sin. His donkey spoke with a human voice and stopped the prophet's insane action.
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These people are like dried-up springs, like clouds blown along by a storm; God has reserved a place for them in the deepest darkness.
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They make proud and stupid statements, and use immoral bodily lusts to trap those who are just beginning to escape from among people who live in error.
Jude 1:7-13
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Remember Sodom and Gomorrah, and the nearby towns, whose people acted as those angels did and indulged in sexual immorality and perversion: they suffer the punishment of eternal fire as a plain warning to all.
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In the same way also, these people have visions which make them sin against their own bodies; they despise God's authority and insult the glorious beings above.
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Not even the chief angel Michael did this. In his quarrel with the Devil, when they argued about who would have the body of Moses, Michael did not dare condemn the Devil with insulting words, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
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But these people attack with insults anything they do not understand; and those things that they know by instinct, like wild animals, are the very things that destroy them.
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How terrible for them! They have followed the way that Cain took. For the sake of money they have given themselves over to the error that Balaam committed. They have rebelled as Korah rebelled, and like him they are destroyed.
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With their shameless carousing they are like dirty spots in your fellowship meals. They take care only of themselves. They are like clouds carried along by the wind, but bringing no rain. They are like trees that bear no fruit, even in autumn, trees that have been pulled up by the roots and are completely dead.
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They are like wild waves of the sea, with their shameful deeds showing up like foam. They are like wandering stars, for whom God has reserved a place forever in the deepest darkness.