Ephesians 5:11
Good News Translation
Have nothing to do with the worthless things that people do, things that belong to the darkness. Instead, bring them out to the light. (

New Revised Standard Version
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Contemporary English Version
Don't take part in doing those worthless things that are done in the dark. Instead, show how wrong they are.

New American Bible
Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather reprove them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather reprove them.

no.

Ephesians 5:7 Be ye not therefore partakers with them.

Genesis 49:5-7 Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity waging war. . . .

Psalm 1:1,2 Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence: . . .

Psalm 26:4,5 I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things. . . .

Psalm 94:20,21 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment? . . .

Proverbs 4:14,15 Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it. . . .

Proverbs 9:6 He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.

Jeremiah 15:17 I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.

Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark them who make dissensions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them.

1 Corinthians 5:9-11 I wrote to you in an epistle, not to keep company with fornicators. . . .

1 Corinthians 10:20,21 But the things which the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils and not to God. And I would not that you should be made partakers with devils. . . .

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness? . . .

2 Thessalonians 3:6,14 And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which they have received of us. . . .

1 Timothy 6:5 Conflicts of men corrupted in mind and who are destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness.

2 Timothy 3:5 Having an appearance indeed of godliness but denying the power thereof. Now these avoid.

2 John 1:10,11 If any man come to you and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into the house nor say to him: God speed you. . . .

Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Go out from her, my people; that you be not partakers of her sins and that you receive not of her plagues.

unfruitful.

Proverbs 1:31 The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Isaiah 3:10,11 Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings. . . .

Romans 6:21 What fruit therefore had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.

Galatians 6:8 For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh of the flesh also shall reap corruption. But he that soweth in the spirit of the spirit shall reap life everlasting.

works.

Ephesians 4:22 To put off, according to former conversation, the old man, who is corrupted according to the desire of error.

Job 24:13-17 They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths. . . .

John 3:19-21 And this is the judgment: Because the light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil. . . .

Romans 1:22-32 For, professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. . . .

Romans 13:12 The night is passed And the day is at hand. Let us, therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.

1 Thessalonians 5:7 For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.

but.

Genesis 20:16 And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken.

Leviticus 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: But reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.

Psalm 141:5 The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

Proverbs 9:7,8 Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. . . .

Proverbs 13:18 Poverty and shame to him that refuseth instruction: but he that yieldeth to reproof shall be glorified.

Proverbs 15:12 A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.

Proverbs 19:25 The wicked man being scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man, he will understand discipline.

Proverbs 25:12 As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.

Proverbs 29:1 The man that with a stiff neck despiseth him that reproveth him, shall suddenly be destroyed: and health shall not follow him.

Isaiah 29:21 That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.

Matthew 18:15 But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.

Luke 3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, when he was reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done:

1 Timothy 5:20 Them that sin reprove before all that the rest also may have fear.

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.

Titus 2:15 These things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Context
Children of Light
10Proving what is well pleasing to God. 11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather reprove them. 12For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.…
Cross References
Proverbs 1:10
If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep it, are incensed against him.

John 3:20
For every one that doth evil hateth the light and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.

Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, that they may be converted from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a lot among the saints, by the faith that is in me.

Romans 13:12
The night is passed And the day is at hand. Let us, therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.

1 Corinthians 5:9
I wrote to you in an epistle, not to keep company with fornicators.

2 Corinthians 6:14
Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness?

Ephesians 5:12
For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

Colossians 1:12
Giving thanks to God the Father, who hath made us worthy to be partakers of the lot of the saints in light:

1 Timothy 5:20
Them that sin reprove before all that the rest also may have fear.

1 Timothy 5:22
Impose not hands lightly upon any man, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep thyself chaste.

2 John 1:11
For he that saith unto him: God speed you, communicateth with his wicked works.

Ephesians 5:10
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