Pr 12:26 Choose Your Friends Wisely

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YOUR RESPONSE TO DISCIPLINE SERVES AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS

Pr 10:17 He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. (NIV)

People don't often think about the fact that the way they respond to correction can have a major impact on the behavior of others. So while it is humiliating to be corrected, consider it also an opportunity to teach others by responding well to correction.

CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS CAREFULLY

Related to the above proverb is Pr 12:26 "The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray."

And "he who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm." Pr 13:20

And "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." Pr 22:24,25

Again I repeat the idea that you may not realize to what degree you are being influenced by those close to you - whether positively or negatively. Nor may you realize to what degree you are an influence on others close to you.