You eventually become the average of your five closest friends
Wise friends make you wise, but you hurt yourself by going around with fools. Proverbs 13: 20
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. Proverbs 22: 24 -25
It’s impossible to live right with the wrong friends.
The influence of a friend can stretches all the way into eternity
Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot -tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul. Proverbs 22: 24 -25
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character. ” 1 Corinthians 15: 33
Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. 2 Timothy 2: 17 -18
Walk with the wise and become wise… Proverbs 13: 20
It’s time to take a Friendship Inventory
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15: 13
As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 1 Kings 11: 4