New King James Version
Proverbs 13:20
20He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.
Context of Proverbs 13:20
18Poverty and shame will come to him who disdains correction, But he who regards a rebuke will be honored. 19A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil. He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed. 21Evil pursues sinners, But to the righteous, good shall be repaid. 22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But 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
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Cross-references for Proverbs 13:20
- Proverbs 2:20So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness.
- Psalms 119:63I am a companion of all 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 listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the Lord And who meditate on His name.
- Acts 2:42And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
- Hebrews 10:24And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
- Proverbs 2:12To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things,
- Proverbs 7:22Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
- Proverbs 9:6Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.
- Genesis 13:12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom.
- Genesis 14:12They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- 1 Kings 12:8But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
- 1 Kings 22:4So he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
- 2 Chronicles 19:2And Jehu 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? Therefore the wrath of the Lord is upon you.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion 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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