Proverbs 13:20 "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."
Our Daddy always talked to us about "guilt by association." He
was telling me to be careful about my friends and those I ran around
with. There have been many people who have gotten caught up with things
that ultimately hurt them because they associated with the wrong people. Jesus
said it in this way, "A little leaven leavens the whole lump."
Notice the wording of Solomon, "... a companion of fools shall be
destroyed." He didn't say that that person necessarily was a
partakere of the bad deed, but he was a companion or an associate of those who
were guilty. He was taken down also. But the opposite of this is also
true. "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise."
Where does wisdom originate? We've seen it and been reminded of it more
than once in our journey through Proverbs: "The fear of the LORD is the
beginning of wisdom." As I think about this, I am reminded of
Enoch, who walked with God. I am reminded of the three things that the Lord
requries of us. One of them is that we are to walk humbly with our God.
Walking with the wise helps us to become wise. Walking with the Lord will
always lead us in the right paths. David said in Psalm 16:11, "Thou wilt
shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand
there are pleasures for evermore." There is One who walks with us even
when it seems that we might be walking alone. His name is Jesus. So my
decision for today must be this: Will I walk with the foolish, or, ,will I walk
with the Lord? Which will it be?