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Proverbs 13:20
20Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.
Context of Proverbs 13:20
18Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. 19A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil. Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. 21Trouble pursues the sinner, but the righteous are rewarded with good things. 22A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
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הוֹלֵ֣ךְ אֶת־חֲכָמִ֣ים יֶחְכָּ֑ם וְרֹעֶ֖ה כְסִילִ֣ים יֵרֽוֹעַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 13:20
- Proverbs 2:20Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
- Psalms 119:63I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.
- Malachi 3:16Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name.
- Acts 2:42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- Hebrews 10:24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;
- Proverbs 2:12Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
- Proverbs 7:22All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
- Proverbs 9:6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”
- Genesis 13:12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.
- Genesis 14:12They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.
- 1 Kings 12:8But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.
- 1 Kings 22:4So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied 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 seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the wrath of the Lord is on you.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have 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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