Today I would like to look at Proverbs 13 verse 20
20)Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make friends with stupid people, you will be ruined.
In Afrikaans we have a saying that one rotten apple, makes all of them rotten. This is the same for the company you keep, if they are bad, you will become like them over time, it is better to spend time with wise people in order for you to learn from them.
I hope you have a wonderful day. May God Bless you.
Soli Deo Gloria
Excellent verse from Bible and you explained it further well. God bless you and your family!
Amen~
very nice words feeling holicly
Iron sharpens iron!
Wonderful verse dear.
Thank you.
Excellent verse from Bible and you explained it further well. God bless you and your family!
Amen~
Beautiful words and only God's laws are a true value. Amen! Peace to your home Gloria! my dear friend.. @rynow
Wise words and only wisdom you can learn the truth! Peace to your home Gloria!
Amen
Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make friends with stupid people, you will be ruined. Ameen
The correct words. Thank you for sharing Gloria.
very true once a friend's environment is very strong affect our lives ... so it is good to choose a friend who can bring us to a better place ... thank you for sharing ... may you success always.
@rynow its so nice post
Ameeeen
God blas you
Very very religious thoughts...
I'm greatly inspired by your religious posts..
By the way nice post this time also @rynow
Keep doing this...
Thank you very much.
Amazing . .........
Ameen
Beautiful words and wisdom always teaches us!
We will rarely make wise decisions if you surround yourself with fools...@rynow
Always we have to be with the wise.Then we are also growing with wise.Through that we can moving away from stupid people.
@rynow god bless you
Amen. God is every where. thanks for @rynow
Yes, it is. Stupid friend can pull me to hell.
nice words .God bless you
Wise people make me wise and stupid people make me ruined
Yes, it is. Stupid friend can pull me to hell.
Wonderful verse dear.
Amen. God is every where. thanks for @rynow
well said. Only one fish make the ponds dirty. A man is known by the company he looks. So we should always avoid bad company as it is enough to spoil all people. Thanks for sharing @rynow
That's true, if you have choice of environment then we should choose the wise environment because in that environment we can mold our self in an wise way and vice versa. Thanks for sharing this post with us and wishing you an great day. Stay blessed. 🙂
truth words . God bless you
Ameen
Wise words, but we have to be careful to understand the context and the breadth of the instruction. Some might take a quote like this and conclude we should avoid uneducated, ignorant, maybe poor or sinful persons, but that is clearly not the biblical instruction. We are to serve the poor, and I have no doubt we are also to serve the "foolish".
So perhaps the intent of this quote is like Proverbs 27:17 "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another."
Meaning that we are to look to fellow believers to sharpen our knowledge of Christ, our faith and discipleship, and as Proverbs 20 says "wisdom", but nevertheless we are to in the world, even though simaltaneously not of it. Serve everyone, prostitutes, tax collectors, theives, poor, and even the "foolish"; love everyone, as He loves, but to befriend is another topic all together.
You can love someone, and serve them without "making friends" in the way I suspect is meant in Proverbs 20. We serve them, we dont lean on them for food, information, or help, as we might with a "friend".
What do you think? I am just trying to work through this right now. I think its really valuable to walk through the language in this way because the bible can seem confusing or contradictory at times, but when you really get into it I think you ALWAYS find that the language is NOT contradictory at all, but in fact complementary. That it all works together in unison, and so we need to somehow reconcile Proverbs 20 with John 17, where it is prayed that we believers would be in the world, but not of it.
Thanks for the post!
You are correct, God loves us all, and we must work and serve all people as Jesus has shown us by example. I am also of the view that this verse speak of who we choose as friends, as friends tend to acquire each others characteristics over time.
Thank you for the very nice and detailed reply.
very important say.......ameen..
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@rynow, Thanks for sharing Proverbs 13 verse 20 of Bible word.
God bless you.
No doubt, when you are in the middle of wise men, you will be able to gain some knowledge.
Where do good friends meet us? Who can support us.
Thanks to shared daily scripture post @rynow.
Amen!
Impressive verses.. and your company greatly matters..if u have a good company then it also reflects in your personality and vice versa..
Amen
...been trying to drill that concept into the thinking of my kids for a very long time. Sometimes they listen and learn, other times they have to make their own mistakes and learn the hard way. But, in the end, we're all that way to some extent, eh?
Agreed.
Ameen
@rynow you r a great
Ameen @rynow
Great words
yes Indeed :) like One dirty fish can contaminate a pond:)...
Nice New lesson for us. Thanks Dear. Continue...
Great post.
@rynow - Sir 'Proverbs 13 verse 20' you nicely discussed... God bless you...
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