7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
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He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7)See here, 1. How we may discern a fool and discover him, a wicked man, for he is a foolish man . If we perceive not in him the lips of knowledge , if we find there is no relish or savour of piety in his discourse, that his communication is all corrupt and corrupting, and nothing in it good and to the use of edifying , we may conclude the treasure is bad. 2. How we must decline such a one and depar…
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