Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.
Proverbs 13:20 MSG
He that walketh with wise men — That is, who keeps company, and commonly converses with them; shall be wise — Shall learn wisdom and goodness, both from their counsels and examples; but a companion of fools — But he who associates himself with the wicked; shall be destroyed — Shall be as certainly ruined as he will be unavoidably infected with their wickedness. Evil pursueth sinners — The evil of punishment, in proportion to their evil of sin, shall certainly, sooner or later, overtake them, although they may please themselves with hopes of impunity; but to the righteous good shall be repaid — The good which men, truly righteous, do, will infallibly return into their own bosoms, and reward them with many blessings. Benson