Thursday, December 5, 2013

Day 158 - Choose Your Companions

Daily Reading:  Proverbs 22-24

Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man,
do not associate with one easily angered,
or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.
Proverbs 22:24,25

Footnote:
People tend to become like those with whom they spend a lot of time.  Even the negative characteristics sometimes rub off.  The Bible exhorts us to be cautious in our choice of companions.  Choose people with characteristics you would like to develop in your own life.

Apply your heart to instruction
and your ears to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:12

Footnote:
The people most likely to gain knowledge are those who are willing to listen.  It is a sign of strength, not weakness, to pay attention to what others have to say.  People who are eager to listen continue to learn and grow throughout their lives.  If we refuse to become set in our ways, we can always expand the limits of our knowledge.

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All footnotes taken from the Life Application Study Bible, NIV 

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