He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
The people you walk with shape you: walk with the wise and you grow wise.
Proverbs 27:6
Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
A true friend’s honest words can sting and still be faithful, while flattery can hide ill will. It is about truthful words, never permission to hurt.
KJVProverbs 27:6 in context
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both. 4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? 5Open rebuke is better than secret love. 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Short sayings of practical wisdom for everyday life, many attributed to Solomon.
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Carrying someone else’s burden is the law of Christ lived out, and it is meant to be shared, not carried alone.
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Paul quotes a saying of his day: the company you keep shapes the way you live.
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Ruth’s vow to her mother-in-law Naomi, now a classic vow of faithful love: where you go I will go, your God will be my God.