Pro 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of
fools shall be destroyed.
When I was a teenager my parents were very strict with who I could go off with or
spend the night with. It used to infuriate me that they would dare to choose my
friends! But as an adult who have children of my own, I get it now. The friends
that I wasn’t allowed to hang out with were not good choices on my part. They
would have led me to make bad choices, (probably with very little
encouragement). Even with their careful eyes on me I managed to make a few of
my own bad choices. Which is why this verse is so important to take notice of!
Even as adults it’s easy to make bad choices when around the wrong crowd. Pro_28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.