Proverbs 13:20
Whoever keeps step with the wise shall be wise. A friend of the foolish will become like them.
Catholic Public Domain 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 desired, when perfected, shall delight the soul. The foolish detest those who flee from evils.
21Evil pursues sinners. And good things shall be distributed to the just.
Cross References
Genesis 13:12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. In truth, Lot stayed in the towns that were around the Jordan, and he lived in Sodom.
1 Kings 12:8But he abandoned the counsel of the old men, which they had given to him. And he consulted the young men who had been raised with him, and who were assisting him.
1 Kings 22:4And so he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you come to the battle with me at Ramoth Gilead?”
2 Chronicles 19:2And the seer Jehu, the son of Hanani, met him, and said to him: “You offer assistance to the impious, and you are joined in friendship with those who hate the Lord. And for this reason, you certainly deserve the wrath of the Lord.
Proverbs 1:11If they should say: “Come with us. We will lie in wait for blood. We will lay traps against the innocent, without cause.
Proverbs 7:22Immediately, he follows her, like an ox being led to the sacrifice, and like a lamb acting lasciviously, and not knowing that he is being drawn foolishly into chains,
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 →