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Shun Evil Friends

These evil friends are dangerous because they can lead a man to his down fall. In order to know what they are capable of, I like examples from the Bible lets look at the case of Amnon King David’s son. 2 Samuel 13: 1-39 (you can read the full text later).

2 Samuel 13: 3-5



But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother:and Jonadab was a very subtil man. And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick:and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand







Basically you can see that Amnom loved Tamar his step-sister or at least he claimed he loved her and his friend Jonadab (the evil friend in this case) advised him to pretend to be sick and ask the king to let Tamar come and feed him. He ended up raping his sister and that caused a division in the family if you read through the chapter.



Lesson to learn, if you observe in verse 3 you will know that Jonadab was related to Amnon and is kind of from the royal family. The fact that someone is related to you does not make him or her a good friend. The fact that a friend is famous and experienced does not mean he will give you a good advice, be careful of the advice you implement. 



Another example is King Rehoboam in 1kings chapter 12: 6-18. 

1kings 12:8

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him

This guy neglected a good advice and took a bad one from his friends because of that decision he lost 90 Per cent of his Territory to another man. 



The common thing about the two stories is that when the problem came the friends where nowhere to be found, the individuals had to face the consequences alone. Do not be in a hurry to make a decision in life , because it can ruin your life, be careful. 

Remain blessed 

Samuel David

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