Proverbs 13:20 KJV
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
This small passage has about as much to say on the subject of successful living as anything ever written.
There is a word about separation.None of us are ever wise to make close associations with people who are foolish:
Foolish in attitude
Foolish in actions or
Foolish in faith - the fool hath said in his heart there is no God.I have known a number of people whose greatest downfall was that they refused to see the damaging effects their poor choice of friends had on them. They were not being helped by their friendships, and neither were they helping their friends.
There is a word about fellowship
"He that walketh with wise men shall be wise."
That implies that
I have the discernment to see who is wise
I have the character to the wise would want to walk with me and
I have the discipline to walk with them.
Walking is exercise. It requires energy and stamina. It will not happen accidentally. There is purpose here. There are choices being made.
There is a hint about faith
The wisest of all men, and the One Whom Proverbs generally refers to as wisdom, is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Wise men walk with wise men. The wisest men walk with Jesus Christ.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
This small passage has about as much to say on the subject of successful living as anything ever written.
There is a word about separation.None of us are ever wise to make close associations with people who are foolish:
Foolish in attitude
Foolish in actions or
Foolish in faith - the fool hath said in his heart there is no God.I have known a number of people whose greatest downfall was that they refused to see the damaging effects their poor choice of friends had on them. They were not being helped by their friendships, and neither were they helping their friends.
There is a word about fellowship
"He that walketh with wise men shall be wise."
That implies that
I have the discernment to see who is wise
I have the character to the wise would want to walk with me and
I have the discipline to walk with them.
Walking is exercise. It requires energy and stamina. It will not happen accidentally. There is purpose here. There are choices being made.
There is a hint about faith
The wisest of all men, and the One Whom Proverbs generally refers to as wisdom, is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Wise men walk with wise men. The wisest men walk with Jesus Christ.
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