But if you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live. And I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”

Numbers 33:55-56

At the LORD’s direction, Moses kept a written record of their progress. These are the stages of their march, identified by the different places where they stopped along the way.
Numbers 33:2

• God told Moses to create a record of all the places the Israelites visited when they were in the wilderness. 
• Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt on the 15th day of the 1st month, the day after the 10th plague and the first Passover. 
• God commanded the Israelites to drive out all of the inhabitants of the land of Canaan when they crossed over the Jordan River. 
• They were not to allow any of them to remain. 
• They were to destroy the pagan places of worship.
• They were to destroy the idols of the Canaanites. 
• God warned them what would happen if they let the Canaanites remain. 
• They would have a corrupting influence. 
• The people we live with and associate with influence us. 
• If we surround ourselves with people that don’t honor God, we will be tempted to participate in their ways. 
• If we surround ourselves with godly people, it is more likely that we will be influenced in a positive way. 
• Israel will not cast out the Canaanites. 
• Israel will be influenced by the Canaanites, more than they ever could have imagined. 
• Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.” Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.
  1 Corinthians 15:33-34

Make godly friends. Spend time around people who respect God’s Word. You become like the company you keep.