Proverbs 13:20
18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- KJV
- He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- WEB
- One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- ASV
- Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
- DARBY
- He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
- BLB
- The one walking with wise ones will become wise, and the one accompanying fools will suffer evil.
- ÅB
- Søk omgang med de vise, og du skal bli vis; men dårers venn går det ille.
- OTB
- Hold selskap med de vise og bli vis, for en følgesvenn av dårer lider skade.
- B1930
- Søk omgang med de vise, og du skal bli vis; men dårers venn går det ille.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 15:33–34
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Read in contextProverbs 15:31
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
Read in contextProverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:14–18
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Read in contextPsalms 119:63
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Read in contextRevelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Read in contextMalachi 3:16
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Read in contextProverbs 1:11–19
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
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