Avoiding those who entice us into sin

Proverbs 1:10-19
My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse”— my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths, for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives. Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.

If sinners entice, and they will, do not consent. I remember how my "friends" would try and drag me back into the taverns with them when I quit drinking. "Just one beer", they would say. Well, for some, popping that top is like pulling the pin on a grenade; its going to cause a lot of damage.

When we reject the counsel of our God, we set an ambush for our own lives.

Proverbs 1:32-33 

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them; but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.