Bible Verses About Negative Influences
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for negative influences, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 696 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 15:33. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Negative Influences
1 Corinthians 15:3347 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 John 3:1040 votes
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
1 Peter 5:839 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Philippians 4:838 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Psalms 1:2-329 votes
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Philippians 4:6-729 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Proverbs 27:1727 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Romans 12:224 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Proverbs 13:2022 votes
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Luke 12:1522 votes
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Proverbs 22:621 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Philippians 4:1319 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Proverbs 22:24-2518 votes
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Mark 7:2118 votes
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
2 Corinthians 4:417 votes
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
James 4:716 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Proverbs 17:1715 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
2 Peter 3:915 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
1 John 5:1915 votes
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
1 Peter 5:714 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Proverbs 12:2613 votes
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Proverbs 18:2413 votes
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19:2713 votes
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 27:913 votes
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Luke 1:3713 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
What does the Bible say about negative influences?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 15:33 on the subject of negative influences. Across 696 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 3:10, 1 Peter 5:8, Philippians 4:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.