Proverbs 13:20
Whoever is walking with wise men is wise, || And a companion of fools suffers evil.
Literal Standard 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
21Evil pursues sinners, || And good repays the righteous.
Cross References
Genesis 13:12Abram has dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot has dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and moves [his] tent to Sodom;
1 Kings 12:8And he forsakes the counsel of the elderly which they counseled him, and consults with the boys who have grown up with him, who are standing before him;
1 Kings 22:4And he says to Jehoshaphat, “Do you go with me to battle [against] Ramoth-Gilead?” And Jehoshaphat says to the king of Israel, “As I am, so [are] you; as my people, so your people; as my horses, so your horses.”
2 Chronicles 19:2and Jehu son of Hanani the seer goes out to his presence and says to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you love to give help to the wicked and to those hating YHWH? And for this, wrath [is] against you from before YHWH,
Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, we lay wait for blood, || We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
Proverbs 7:22He is going after her straight away, he comes as an ox to the slaughter, || And as a chain to the discipline of a fool,
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 →