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He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

The whole point of the book of Proverbs is to impart wisdom to its readers. That's why it begins with, "To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding," and also, "To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion" (Proverbs 1:2-4). In that spirit, our verse for today imparts some wisdom to us. It imparts some wisdom on how to get wisdom.

What does it mean to be wise from the point of view of Proverbs? And what does it mean to be a fool? The answer to these questions can be found in what is probably the most important verse in the book and one of the most important verses in the Bible: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Proverbs 1:7). The truly wise person knows who God is and reveres His word and His ways. The truly wise person knows that one must love God, serve Him, and do things the way God wants.

The fool, on the other hand, is the person who says in his heart, '"There is no God"' (Psalm 14:1). Hence, he has no regard for the wisdom of God. Indeed, he despises divine wisdom and instruction. Since he has rejected God, he makes a point of living life in opposition to the will and ways of God.

Our verse for today tells us that those who walk with wise people will become wise. We will learn wisdom and goodness from their words and their example. The Apostle Paul told the Corinthian church to "Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ" (I Corinthians 11:1). Paul knew that his example would be helpful to the Corinthians; he knew that it would make them wise.

Our verse for today also tells us that the companion of fools will be destroyed. They will learn foolishness and evil from their words and example and, as a consequence, they will be destroyed. Since foolishness and evil are contrary to the God ordained ways of being in the world, following them cannot go well for them. And that's why they're fools. They do not understand what is in their best interest.

Look around you today. Where are the wise and where are the fools? And then walk with the wise.

Bible in a Year
Old Testament Reading
2 Kings 20, 21, 22


2 Kings 20 -- Hezekiah's Life Lengthened, Shows Treasures to Babylon

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2 Kings 21 -- Manasseh's and Amon's Wicked Reigns

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2 Kings 22 -- Josiah's Good Reign; Repair of the Temple; Finding the Lost Book of the Law

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New Testament Reading
John 6:45-71


John 7 -- Jesus Teaches at the Feast of Tabernacles; Diverse Opinions of Him among the People

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Reading Plan Courtesy of Christian Classics Etherial Library.
Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion
But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.
Insight
Daniel stood alone. Although he knew about the law against praying to anyone except the king, he continued to pray three times a day as he always had. Daniel had a disciplined prayer life.
Challenge
Our prayers are usually interrupted not by threats, but simply by the pressure of our schedules. Don't let threats or pressures cut into your prayer time. Pray regularly, no matter what, for prayer is your lifeline to God.
Morning and Evening by Spurgeon
Colossians 2:9, 10  In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him.

All the attributes of Christ, as God and man, are at our disposal. All the fulness of the Godhead, whatever that marvellous term may comprehend, is ours to make us complete. He cannot endow us with the attributes of Deity; but he has done all that can be done, for he has made even his divine power and Godhead subservient to our salvation. His omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, immutability and infallibility, are all combined for our defence. Arise, believer, and behold the Lord Jesus yoking the whole of his divine Godhead to the chariot of salvation! How vast his grace, how firm his faithfulness, how unswerving his immutability, how infinite his power, how limitless his knowledge! All these are by the Lord Jesus made the pillars of the temple of salvation; and all, without diminution of their infinity, are covenanted to us as our perpetual inheritance. The fathomless love of the Saviour's heart is every drop of it ours; every sinew in the arm of might, every jewel in the crown of majesty, the immensity of divine knowledge, and the sternness of divine justice, all are ours, and shall be employed for us. The whole of Christ, in his adorable character as the Son of God, is by himself made over to us most richly to enjoy. His wisdom is our direction, his knowledge our instruction, his power our protection, his justice our surety, his love our comfort, his mercy our solace, and his immutability our trust. He makes no reserve, but opens the recesses of the Mount of God and bids us dig in its mines for the hidden treasures. "All, all, all are yours," saith he, "be ye satisfied with favor and full of the goodness of the Lord." Oh! how sweet thus to behold Jesus, and to call upon him with the certain confidence that in seeking the interposition of his love or power, we are but asking for that which he has already faithfully promised.

Daily Light on the Daily Path
John 5:26  "For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

2 Timothy 1:10  but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

John 11:25  Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,

John 14:19  "After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.

Hebrews 3:14  For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end,

Hebrews 6:4  For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

2 Peter 1:4  For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

1 Corinthians 15:45,51,52  So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. • Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, • in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Revelation 4:8  And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME."

Revelation 4:9  And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,

1 Timothy 6:15,16  which He will bring about at the proper time-- He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, • who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

1 Timothy 1:17  Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

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