Relationships and family
What does the Bible say about peer pressure?
Scripture warns that bad company corrupts good character, and calls us not to be shaped by the crowd but renewed in our thinking.
What Scripture says
1 Corinthians 15:33
“Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.””
Romans 12:2
“Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.”
Proverbs 1:10
“My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.”
Exodus 23:2
““You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.”
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