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It is often used to convey the idea of avoiding or steering clear of certain behaviors, actions, or influences that are considered sinful or detrimental to one's spiritual well-being. The concept of shunning is rooted in the biblical call to holiness and the pursuit of righteousness. Biblical References: 1. <a href="/proverbs/3-7.htm">Proverbs 3:7</a> : "Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil." This verse emphasizes the importance of humility and the fear of the Lord as foundational to shunning evil. The act of turning away from evil is synonymous with shunning it, highlighting the proactive stance believers are to take against sin. 2. <a href="/proverbs/14-16.htm">Proverbs 14:16</a> : "A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless." Here, wisdom is associated with the fear of the Lord and the deliberate action of shunning evil. The contrast with the fool underscores the danger of neglecting this principle. 3. <a href="/2_timothy/2-16.htm">2 Timothy 2:16</a> : "But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness." The apostle Paul instructs Timothy to shun profane and idle talk, recognizing that such speech can lead to further ungodliness. This passage illustrates the broader application of shunning beyond actions to include words and conversations. Theological Significance: The concept of shunning in the Bible is closely tied to the pursuit of holiness and the call to live a life set apart for God. It reflects the biblical understanding that believers are to be distinct from the world, avoiding behaviors and influences that can lead them away from God's will. Shunning is not merely about avoidance but is an active choice to pursue righteousness and align one's life with God's standards. Practical Application: In practical terms, shunning involves making conscious decisions to avoid situations, relationships, or activities that could compromise one's faith or moral integrity. This may include: · Avoiding Temptation: Recognizing and steering clear of situations that may lead to sin. · Guarding Speech: Being mindful of the words one uses and the conversations one engages in, as highlighted in <a href="/2_timothy/2-16.htm">2 Timothy 2:16</a>. · Choosing Companions Wisely: Associating with individuals who encourage and support one's spiritual growth, rather than those who may lead one astray. Related Concepts: · Holiness: The call to be holy as God is holy (<a href="/1_peter/1-16.htm">1 Peter 1:16</a>) is foundational to the practice of shunning evil. · Wisdom: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (<a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm">Proverbs 9:10</a>), and wisdom involves discerning what to shun. · Sanctification: The process of being set apart for God's purposes, which includes shunning sin and pursuing righteousness. Conclusion: The biblical exhortation to shun evil is a vital aspect of the Christian life, reflecting a commitment to live in accordance with God's will and to maintain a testimony that honors Him. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, believers are equipped to discern and shun that which is contrary to God's character and commands.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4026.htm">4026. periistemi -- to stand around, turn around (to avoid)</a> ... to avoid). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: periistemi Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-is'-tay-mee) Short Definition: I stand around, avoid, shun Definition: in ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4026.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/5288.htm">5288. hupostello -- to draw in, let down, draw back</a> ... hupostello Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-os-tel'-lo) Short Definition: I draw back, conceal Definition: I withdraw, draw back, keep back, shun, conceal. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5288.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/5343.htm">5343. pheugo -- to flee</a> ... to flee. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pheugo Phonetic Spelling: (fyoo'-go) Short Definition: I flee, escape, shun Definition: I flee, escape, shun. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5343.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3868.htm">3868. paraiteomai -- to beg from, to beg off</a> ... par-ahee-teh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I make excuse, refuse, reject Definition: I beg off, make excuse, deprecate, refuse, reject, decline, shun, avoid. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3868.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/665.htm">665. apotrepo -- to turn away</a> ... to turn away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apotrepo Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ot-rep'-o) Short Definition: I turn away from, shun Definition: I turn away ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/665.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1624.htm">1624. ektrepo -- to turn away</a> ... mid. and pass: I turn aside (from the right road), wander, forsake, and with an object: I remove from myself, shun, avoid. Word ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1624.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1578.htm">1578. ekklino -- to deviate, to turn away (from someone or ...</a> ... From ek and klino; to deviate, ie (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety) -- avoid, eschew, go out of the way ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1578.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7368.htm">7368. rachaq -- to be or become far or distant</a> ... remove them far (1), remove you far (1), remove...far (1), removed and far (1), removed my far (2), removed them far (1), removed...far (1), shun (1), stand ... /hebrew/7368.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/pastor/the_pastor_books_first_second_third/commandment_eighth_we_ought_to.htm">Commandment Eighth. We Ought to Shun that which is Evil, and do ...</a> ... The Pastor: Book Second."Commandments. Commandment Eighth. We Ought to Shun that Which is Evil, and Do that Which is Good. "I ... /.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/commandment eighth we ought to.htm<a href="/library/clement/the_stromata_or_miscellanies/chapter_xi_what_is_the_philosophy.htm">What is the Philosophy which the Apostle Bids us Shun?</a> ... The Stromata, or Miscellanies: Book I Chapter XI."What is the Philosophy Which the Apostle Bids Us Shun? This, then, "the wisdom ... /.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xi what is the philosophy.htm<a href="/library/vincent/the_commonitory_of_vincent_of_lerins/chapter_xxiv_continuation_of_the.htm">Continuation of the Exposition of 1 Tim. ...</a> ... "O Timothy," he says, "Guard the deposit, shunning profane novelties of words." "Shun them as ... Not even to eat [502] with a person of this sort. What is "shun"? ... /.../the commonitory of vincent of lerins/chapter xxiv continuation of the.htm<a href="/library/irenaeus/against_heresies/chapter_xxxix_man_is_endowed_with.htm">Man is Endowed with the Faculty of Distinguishing Good and Evil ...</a> ... But if any one do shun the knowledge of both these kinds of things, and the twofold perception of knowledge, he unawares divests himself of the character of a ... /.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxxix man is endowed with.htm<a href="/library/lathbury/childs_story_of_the_bible/chapter_xxviii_the_little_chamber.htm">The Little Chamber on the Wall.</a> ... But the most beautiful story in the life of Elisha is that of the Shun-amite mother and her son. The mother was a noble lady of ... /.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxviii the little chamber.htm<a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/3_the_dilemma_in_which.htm">The Dilemma in which I am Placed is of Your Making: it is Brought ...</a> ... You at once forbid me to answer and compel me. Well, then; I must shun excess on both sides. ... Well, then; I must shun excess on both sides. ... /.../3 the dilemma in which.htm<a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_2_the_catholic_faith_concerning.htm">The Catholic Faith Concerning Law, Grace, and Free Will.</a> ... Now the Lord Himself not only shows us what evil we should shun, and what good we should do, which is all that the letter of the law is able to effect; but He ... /.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 2 the catholic faith concerning.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_all_sorrow_is_evil.htm">Whether all Sorrow is Evil?</a> ... And from this point of view, all shun sorrow, inasmuch as they shun evil: but they do not shun the perception and rejection of evil. ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether all sorrow is evil.htm<a href="/library/tauler/the_inner_way/sermon_xxvii_all_saints_day.htm">All Saints' Day, or St Ursula's Day</a> ... Then he begins to shun and avoid evil, and to resist sin and all that causes it; so that he may learn to die unto it, that he may be clean and no longer ... //christianbookshelf.org/tauler/the inner way/sermon xxvii all saints day.htm<a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/letter_ccxxvi_to_the_ascetics.htm">Letter ccxxvi. To the Ascetics under Him.</a> ... writers of those famous letters against Eudoxius and all his faction, the senders of them to all the brotherhood, the protesters that they shun their communion ... /.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter ccxxvi to the ascetics.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/shun.htm">Shun (14 Occurrences)</a> ... (vt) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice. ...Shun (14 Occurrences). ... /s/shun.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/a/avoid.htm">Avoid (31 Occurrences)</a> ... 5. (v.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. 6. (v.) To get rid of. ... /a/avoid.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/l/legislation.htm">Legislation</a> ... SANCTITY, LEGISLATION OF. sank'-ti-ti, lej-is-la'-shun. See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 5, (6). LEGISLATION, OF SANCTITY. lej-is-la'-shun. See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 5. ... /l/legislation.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/i/instruction.htm">Instruction (117 Occurrences)</a> ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. INSTRUCTION. in-struk'-shun. See CATECHIST; EDUCATION; SCHOOL. Multi-Version Concordance Instruction (117 Occurrences). ... /i/instruction.htm - 35k<a href="/topical/d/decline.htm">Decline (10 Occurrences)</a> ... sound morals. 4. (vi) To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle. 5. (vt ... /d/decline.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/d/destruction.htm">Destruction (734 Occurrences)</a> ... de-struk'-shun `ir ha-herec; (Septuagint Base-dek): In his prediction of the future return of Egypt to Yahweh, Isaiah declares, "In that day there shall be ... /d/destruction.htm - 39k<a href="/topical/d/dedication.htm">Dedication (16 Occurrences)</a> ... ded'-i-kat, ded-ika'-shun (chanukkah, "initiation," "consecration"; qadhesh, "to be clean," "sanctify"; cherem, "a thing devoted (to God)"): Often used in ... /d/dedication.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/c/conception.htm">Conception (6 Occurrences)</a> ... kon-sep'-shun, kon-sev' (harah, and derivatives; sullambano): Physically, the beginning of a new life in the womb of a mother, "to catch on," used thus some ... /c/conception.htm - 19k<a href="/topical/c/confection.htm">Confection (2 Occurrences)</a> ... kon-fek'-shun, kon-fek'-shun-a-ri (roqach "perfume," "spice," raqqahah, feminine "perfumer"): (1) "Confection" is found in the King James Version only and but ... /c/confection.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/c/confectionary.htm">Confectionary</a> ... kon-fek'-shun, kon-fek'-shun-a-ri (roqach "perfume," "spice," raqqahah, feminine "perfumer"): (1) "Confection" is found in the King James Version only and but ... /c/confectionary.htm - 7k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-shunning.html">What does the Bible say about shunning? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/cosmic-killjoy.html">Is God a cosmic killjoy? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/alternative-medicine.html">Should a Christian consider alternative medicine? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/shun.htm">Shun: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Shun (14 Occurrences)<a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17</a> But I beseech you, brethren, to keep a watch on those who are causing the divisions among you, and are leading others into sin, in defiance of the instruction which you have received; and habitually to shun them. (WEY)<a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18</a> Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. (See RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/10-14.htm">1 Corinthians 10:14</a> Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. (See RSV)<a href="/1_timothy/6-11.htm">1 Timothy 6:11</a> But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. (See RSV)<a href="/2_timothy/2-16.htm">2 Timothy 2:16</a> But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/2_timothy/2-22.htm">2 Timothy 2:22</a> Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (See RSV)<a href="/titus/3-9.htm">Titus 3:9</a> but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. (WEB ASV DBY)<a href="/1_peter/3-11.htm">1 Peter 3:11</a> Let him shun evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it. (WBS)<a href="/job/28-28.htm">Job 28:28</a> To man he said,'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'" (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/88-8.htm">Psalms 88:8</a> Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/88-18.htm">Psalms 88:18</a> You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. (See RSV)<a href="/proverbs/3-7.htm">Proverbs 3:7</a> Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil: (See NIV)<a href="/proverbs/19-7.htm">Proverbs 19:7</a> All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone. (WEB NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/3-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:5</a> A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing; (See NAS)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/s/shun.htm">Shun</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/s/shunammite.htm">Shunammite (8 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/shun.htm">Shun (14 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/shu'mathites.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Shu'mathites"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Shu'mathites" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/shunamite.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Shunamite"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Shunamite" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>