Reference for Sanhedrin 200:7
ואלא משום דכתיב מנע רבים מתוך ביתך ולא הכל תביא אל ביתך והא רבי נמי אמרה דתניא רבי אומר לעולם לא ירבה אדם רעים בתוך ביתו שנאמר (משלי יח, כד) איש רעים להתרועע
R. Ammi and R. Assi [differ in its interpretation]: one rendered it, 'let him banish it from his mind,' the other, 'let him relate it to others.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One connects it with [H], to discard from one's mind, the other with [H], to converse: but on either interpretation, the sentiment is the same as Ben Sira's. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> And if because it contains, 'Withhold the multitude from thy house, and bring not every one into thy house!' But Rabbi said the same, for it has been taught, Rabbi said: One should never have a multitude of friends in his house, for it is written, A man that hath many friends bringeth evil upon himself.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XVIII, 24. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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