Proverbs 13:20
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
In Context
19To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.
21Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.
Cross References
Genesis 13:12Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.
1 Kings 12:8But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:
1 Kings 22:4And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to make war? And 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 to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;
Proverbs 7:22The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;
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 →