Bible Verses about “gangs”

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”

“For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.”

“¶ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.”

“¶ Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.”

“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”

“Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.”

“For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.”

“For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:”

“Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.”

“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”

“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.”

“For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.”

“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].”

“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].”

“¶ And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.”

“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”

“Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.”

“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”

“Then said Jesus unto him, ‹Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.›”

“And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?”

“And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”

“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,”

“For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”

“‹Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?›”

“‹But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?›”

“My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:”

“¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.”

“So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.”

“We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:”

“For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.”

“If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:”

“Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:”

“Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:”

“Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.”

“And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.”

“¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].”

“Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.”

“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:”

“For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.”

“For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.”

“I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.”

“I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.”

“¶ And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.”

“And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.”

“Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.”

“And Jesus said unto him, ‹Friend, wherefore art thou come?› Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.”

“And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out [his] hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.”

“In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, ‹Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.›”

“‹But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.› Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.”