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Key Verse
- He who walks with the wise will become wise1 Proverbs 13:20 BSB
Examples
1. Disciples
- Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13 NKJV
2. Elisha
- But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.”
- But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.”
- But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.”
- Outcome: When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him. 2 Kings 2:2,4,6,15 BSB
3. Ruth
- But Ruth said, “Do not plead with me to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you sleep, I will sleep. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. Ruth 1:16 NASB
Outcome: The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers… Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David the king. Matthew 1:1,5-6 NKJV
Negative Examples
1. Rehoboam
- But he ignored the advice which the elders gave him and consulted the young men who grew up with him and served him. 1 Kings 12:8 AMP
- Outcome: Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem. So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David. 1 Kings 12:18-19 BSB
2. Solomon
- King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” 1 Kings 11:1-2 BSB
- Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Deuteronomy 7:3-4 BSB
- Outcome: when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not completely devoted to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David. 1 Kings 11:4 AMP
Typical Example of Good Association
- To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel 1:17 BSB