Verse 20
20. Walketh with wise men This may be read imperatively: Walk with wise men and be wise. “This expresses the influence of good associates upon the character. A subject thus beautifully illustrated by the Persian moralist, Saadi. A friend of mine put into my hands a piece of scented clay; I took it and said to it, Art thou musk or ambergris, for I am charmed with thy perfume? It answered, I was a despicable piece of clay, but I was sometime in the company of the rose, by which means the sweet quality of my companion was communicated to me: otherwise I should only be a bit of clay as I appear to be.”
A companion of fools Morally so wicked persons.
Shall be destroyed Or shall become bad. “He that delighteth in fools showeth himself as evil,” or “becometh base.” Zockler. See note on Proverbs 11:15.
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