The associations chosen by the workers are determining their destiny for this world and the next. Some who were once conscientious and faithful have sadly changed, they have disconnected from God, and Satan has allured them to his side. They are now irreligious and irreverent, and they have an influence upon others who are easily molded. Evil associations are deteriorating character; principle is being undermined. “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.” {4T 589.1}

De omgangsfæller, arbejderne vælger, afgør deres skæbne her i verden og i den tilkommende. Nogle, der engang var samvittighedsfulde og trofaste, er i sørgelig grad forandrede; de har skilt sig fra Gud og Satan har lokket dem over på sin side. De er nu pietetsløse og uden religion og de øver en indflydelse over andre, der let lader sig påvirke. Slet omgang forringer karakteren; principper undergraves. »Omgås vismænd, så bliver du vis, ilde faren er tåbers ven."