Read Proverbs 1:17  Solomon is warning his son here in verse 17 that he had better be careful and watch out for those who would get him to do evil things.  Bad friends always want us to get into trouble with them.  They like to have someone around to laugh at their sinful tricks.  We are warned here in verse 17 to wise up and not to follow wicked friends.  Solomon says that if we foolishly follow naughty friends into mischief, we are like a foolish bird that gets trapped.  The hunter sets a trap for a bird and then baits the trap with seed.  Although the bird saw the hunter set the trap, it looks at the seed and is so tempted with the bait that it swoops down to eat the seed and is quickly caught in the hunter’s net.  If you know that some of your friends are wicked, don’t follow them!  You should know better than to follow them into trouble.  Don’t be suckered into following evil friends.  Just like the trapped bird, you will get caught.  Don’t let Satan trap you through evil friends.  Think!  Do the right thing.  Don’t follow foolish friends!