New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 13:20
Proverbs 13:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- New International Version (NIV)Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Context of Proverbs 13:20
18Poverty and shame will come to him who neglects discipline, But he who regards reproof will be honored. 19Desire realized is sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil. He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm. 21Adversity pursues sinners, But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity. 22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
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הוֹלֵ֣ךְ אֶת־חֲכָמִ֣ים יֶחְכָּ֑ם וְרֹעֶ֖ה כְסִילִ֣ים יֵרֽוֹעַ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 13:20
- Proverbs 2:20So you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous.
- Psalms 119:63I am a companion of all those who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.
- Malachi 3:16Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.
- Acts 2:42They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- Hebrews 10:24and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
- Proverbs 2:12To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things;
- Proverbs 7:22Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,
- Proverbs 9:6Forsake your folly and live, And proceed in the way of understanding.”
- Genesis 13:12Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.
- Genesis 14:12They also took Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom.
- 1 Kings 12:8But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.
- 1 Kings 22:4And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
- 2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord and so bring wrath on yourself from the Lord?
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Commentaries on Proverbs 13:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise - To walk with a person implies love and attachment; and it is impossible not to imitate those we love. So we say, "Show me his company, and I'll tell you the man." Let me know the company he keeps, and I shall easily guess his moral character.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20Verse 20 Multitudes are brought to ruin by bad company. And all that make themselves wicked will be destroyed.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20The people we spend time with influence us.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. The benefits of good and evil of bad society are contrasted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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