peer pressure
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20Whoever keeps step with the wise shall be wise. A friend of the foolish will become like them.
2And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.
10For am I now persuading men, or God? Or, am I seeking to please men? If I still were pleasing men, then I would not be a servant of Christ.
13Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.
33Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals. 34Be vigilant, you just ones, and do not be willing to sin. For certain persons have an ignorance of God. I say this to you with respect.
10My son, if sinners should entice you, do not consent to them.
29But Peter and the Apostles responded by saying: “It is necessary to obey God, more so than men.
12Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. 13No one should say, when he is tempted, that he was tempted by God. For God does not entice toward evils, and he himself tempts no one. 14Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away. 15Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death.
14Do not delight in the paths of the impious, nor permit the way of evil-doers to please you. 15Take flight from it. Do not pass close to it. Turn away and abandon it.
26For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
15Then Pilate, wishing to satisfy the people, released Barabbas to them, and he delivered Jesus, having severely scourged him, to be crucified.