Pro 13:20 | MHM | STEP | The Importance of Choosing Good Friends This section teaches about the influence of the people we spend time with. It shows that our friends shape our character and can lead us either to wisdom or to trouble. The company we choose is very important for our future. v. 20 : If you want to be wise and good, you must spend time with good and wise people. He that walks with wise men shall be wise . The friends we choose say a lot about who we are and who we want to become. Being around wise people helps us learn, encourages us to do what is right, and gives us good examples to follow. We should listen to their advice, have good conversations with them, and learn from their experience. The book of Ecclesiasticus says, Miss not the discourse of the elders, for they also learned of their fathers (Ecclesiasticus viii. 9), and Be willing to hear every godly discourse (Ecclesiasticus vi. 35). But spending time with foolish people is dangerous. A companion of fools shall be destroyed (Proverbs 13:20 ). Bad company can ruin your character and your life. If you choose foolish friends, you will become like them and may end up in trouble or disgrace. People are often known by the friends they keep, and those who join with evil-doers will share in their downfall.

‏ Proverbs 13:20

The Importance of Choosing Good Friends

This section teaches about the influence of the people we spend time with. It shows that our friends shape our character and can lead us either to wisdom or to trouble. The company we choose is very important for our future.

v. 20: If you want to be wise and good, you must spend time with good and wise people. He that walks with wise men shall be wise . The friends we choose say a lot about who we are and who we want to become. Being around wise people helps us learn, encourages us to do what is right, and gives us good examples to follow. We should listen to their advice, have good conversations with them, and learn from their experience. The book of Ecclesiasticus says, Miss not the discourse of the elders, for they also learned of their fathers (Ecclesiasticus viii. 9), and Be willing to hear every godly discourse (Ecclesiasticus vi. 35). But spending time with foolish people is dangerous. A companion of fools shall be destroyed (Proverbs 13:20 ^a). Bad company can ruin your character and your life. If you choose foolish friends, you will become like them and may end up in trouble or disgrace. People are often known by the friends they keep, and those who join with evil-doers will share in their downfall.