Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
In Context
19Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
21Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
Cross References
Genesis 13:12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
1 Kings 12:8But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
1 Kings 22:4So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
Proverbs 7:22He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
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 →