Companionship with the Highest Wisdom
J. Halsey. Proverbs 13:20 He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. It is as we contemplate the Divine perfections that our souls are lifted toward the same perfection. The man who moves in cultivated society acquires refined tastes — a high ideal. The eye is educated by the most perfect specimens of art; the ear is educated by the most graceful forms of speech; the manners are formed upon the most elegant models of deportment. Walking in the light, he becomes a child of the light. So with the believer. The coteries of human society may be closed to him. From its select circles he may be hopelessly excluded. But the highest culture of all is open to him in the society of God. He may walk in the supernal light, and form his character upon a Divine model. Communion in the spiritual sphere, as well as in the social, implies assimilation. We become like those we walk with. (J. Halsey.) Parallel Verses KJV: He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. WEB: One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.