Proverbs warns us to pick out friends carefully (Proverbs 12:26), avoiding people who:
1. Gain coin dishonestly.
Proverbs 1:10-19
2. Do wicked things.
Proverbs 4:14-19
3. Have depression morals.
Proverbs 5 in addition to 29:3
4. Are foolish.
Proverbs 13:20
5. Are violent.
Proverbs 16:29
6. Are impressed alongside money, prestige, in addition to power.
Proverbs 19:4,6-7
7. Are hot-tempered.
Proverbs 22:24-25
8. Lack self-control.
Proverbs 25:28 in addition to 28:7
The New Testament summarizes it this way: “Do non endure misled: ‘Bad fellowship corrupts skillful character.’" 1 Corinthians 15:33
Good friends:
1. Counsel us when we’re doing something wrong.
Proverbs 27:6 in addition to 9
See We Need Friends, Not Fans.
2. Forgive us in addition to don’t rub it in.
Proverbs 17:9
3. Stand alongside us through thick in addition to thin.
Proverbs 17:17
4. Allow us to right in addition to “sharpen” them inwards the same agency they right in addition to “sharpen” us.
Proverbs 27:17
Colossians 3:12-14 describes the form of friend nosotros desire in addition to the form nosotros desire to be.
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