Stay Away From These People

  [537 words] The wise man himself, Solomon, tells us not to get close to: People who are always changing their mind. “Meddle not with them that are given to change” (Prov. 24:21). You can’t depend on these people. You can’t trust them. They have no convictions or principles. They change with the situation. They are doubleminded and two-faced. Solomon warns, “Their calamity shall rise suddenly” (Prov. 24:22). People who can’t control their temper. “Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul” (Prov. 22:24-25). Their temper gets them into trouble, but they never learn from their mistakes (Prov. 19:19). If you don’t want problems, don’t hang around people who are like this. “Anger resteth in the bosom of fools” (Eccles. 7:9). People who like to drink and party. “Be not…