Tag: Bad Company Corrupts - Proverbs 4

Proverbs 4:14-17 (ESV Strong's)

Do not enter the path of the wicked,

and do not walk in the way of the evil.

Avoid it; do not go on it;

turn away from it and pass on.

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;

they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

For they eat the bread of wickedness

and drink the wine of violence.

Tag:  Bad Company Corrupts

All throughout Scripture we have command after command to avoid the company of those who reject God and His Word and His Ways.   Note the first Psalm:

Psalms 1:1 (ESV Strong's)

Blessed is the man

who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

nor stands in the way of sinners,

nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

God wants us to live separate from the world, even though we live in the world every day.   We are to be different and to stand out to the world as a unique follower of Christ.    In the above proverbs we see Solomon’s wisdom about separation.    Solomon is telling us that a reason to stay away from the evil influences of the world is because of their corrupt intent.   The world not only is violent to each other, Solomon tells us that the world can’t even sleep unless they have plotted to do some wrong, contrary to the character and Word of God.   Our companionship with them will cause us to think like them and act like them.  We are to ask for Godly wisdom and to rejoice in the wisdom God gives us to keep us separate and honoring of Him.