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WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY TO YOU?
Are you encountering peer pressure?
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Hear, my child, your father's instruction,
and do not reject your mother's teaching;
for they are a fair garland for your head,
and pendants for your neck.
My child, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;
like Sheol let us swallow them alive
and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.
We shall find all kinds of costly things;
we shall fill our houses with booty.
Throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse" —
my child, do not walk in their way,
keep your foot from their paths;
for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.
For in vain is the net baited
while the bird is looking on;
yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
and set an ambush—for their own lives!
Such is the end of all who are greedy for gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.
Proverbs 1:7-19
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies
of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is
your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God — what is
good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:1, 2
My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who
have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care
that you yourselves are not tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will
fulfill the law of Christ. For if those who are nothing think they are something, they
deceive themselves. All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their
neighbor's work, will become a cause for pride. For all must carry their own loads.
Galatians 6:1-5
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in
love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to
God.
But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even
be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints. Entirely out of place is obscene,
silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving. ... Therefore do not be
associated with them. For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live
as children of light — for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and
right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the
unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to mention
what such people do secretly; but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for
everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
"Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you."
Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise,
making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but
understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, for that is
debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving
thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Ephesians 5:1-20
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