Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 13:20
20Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: but the companion of fools shall smart for it.
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 shall be to him that refuseth correction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. 19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil. Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: but the companion of fools shall smart for it. 21Evil pursueth sinners: but the righteous shall be recompensed with good. 22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; and the wealth of the sinner is laid 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 2:20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
- Psalms 119:63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that observe thy precepts.
- Malachi 3:16Then they that feared the LORD spake one with another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
- Acts 2:42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.
- Hebrews 10:24and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
- Proverbs 2:12To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
- Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as fetters to the correction of the fool;
- Proverbs 9:6Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.
- Genesis 13:12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
- Genesis 14:12And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- 1 Kings 12:8But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.
- 1 Kings 22:4And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
- 2 Chronicles 19:2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate the LORD? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: Evil company doth corrupt good manners.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath 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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