Proverbs 13:20
Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
In Context
19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
21Evil pursues sinners, but the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
Cross References
Genesis 13:12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. And Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
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 grew up with him, who stood before him.
1 Kings 22:4And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou are, 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, Should thou help the wicked, and love those who hate LORD? For this thing wrath is upon thee from before LORD.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
Proverbs 7:22He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:20
19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. This shows the folly of those that refuse instruction, for they might be happy and will not. 1. They might be happy. There are in man strong desires of happiness; God has provided for the accomplishment of those desires, and that would be sweet to the soul, whereas the pleasures of sense are grateful only to the carnal appetite. The desire of good men towards the favour of God and spiritual blessings brings that… Read the whole commentary →