 | James Puckle - 1834 - 210 pages
...seemed to fear recoiling back to childishness, more than to dust. FATHER. Solomon says, " He that walks with wise men shall be wise ; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed2." Proceed 1 Denbam. " Pro?, xiii. 20. THE CLUB. XANTIPPE. SON. ON a sudden the door flew... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1836 - 180 pages
...heareth not rebuke. The law of the wise is a foun' tain of life, to depart from the snares of death. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise : but...companion of fools shall be destroyed. [Prov. xiii. 1, 14, 20. For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy : but to... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - 1836 - 134 pages
...the Bible says in regard to the influence of companions on adults, is fully applicable to children. " He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."* A. was the son of worthy and -pious parents. At an early age he manifested unu* Prov. 13 : 20. sual... | |
 | 1836 - 436 pages
...camelions, that take a tincture from the objects which surround us." A still wiser man has told us, that " He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." Hence he cautions us; " make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shalt not... | |
 | Dorus Clarke - 1836 - 228 pages
...associates, than on any other circumstance, and perhaps more than on all other circumstances united. " He that walketh with wise men shall be wise : but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." Language, my young friends, wants power to express the importance of your selecting for your intimate... | |
 | 1836 - 432 pages
...camelions, lhat take a tincture from the objects which surround us." 'A still wiser man has told us, that " He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." Hence he cautions us; " make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shall not... | |
 | Henry Venn - 1836 - 642 pages
...wisdom are not in him." The impression necessarily made by our company is thus strongly expressed : " He that walketh with wise men, shall be wise ; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." And lest, from some selfish considerations, or overweening conceit of our own prudence and care to... | |
 | Thomas Russell Sullivan, David Reed - 1836 - 352 pages
...OSGOOD, OF STERLING, MASS. THE INFLUENCE OF BAD ASSOCIATES. PROVERBS XIII. 20. HE THAT WALKETH TTITH WISE MEN SHALL BE WISE; BUT A COMPANION OF FOOLS SHALL BE DESTROYED. We are formed for society, and much of our happiness results from the exercise of our social affections.... | |
 | Jeremiah Bell Jeter - 1837 - 294 pages
...ninety-nine cases out of a hundred their ruin might be traced to evil company. In God's book it is said, ' He that walketh with •wise men shall be wise ; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.' ' Evil communications corrupt good manners.' He, who is familiar with all sorts of men, will soon be... | |
 | 1837 - 572 pages
...the writer of Proverbs, "in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it." " He that walketh with wise men shall be wise ; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." Of the path of the wicke,d he says, " Avoid it ; pass not by it ; turn from it ; and pass away ;" doubtless... | |
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He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. 
