Proverbs 13:20
Walk with wise people and you will be wise, 1 but the companion of fools will suffer harm. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
19A longing realized is sweet to the appetite, 1 but fools hate to turn away from evil. 1
21Disaster runs after sinners, 1 but righteous people are rewarded with good. 1
Cross References
Genesis 13:12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived among the cities of the plain. He set up his tents as far away as Sodom.
1 Kings 12:8But Rehoboam ignored the advice that the old men had given him and he consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
1 Kings 22:4So he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to war at Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are like your people, and my horses are like your horses.”
2 Chronicles 19:2Then Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you be helping the wicked? Should you be loving those who hate Yahweh? For this deed, anger from Yahweh is on you.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, 1 let us lie in wait for blood, 1 let us hide and attack innocent people for no reason. 1
Proverbs 7:22He went after her suddenly 1 like an ox going to slaughter, 1 like a deer caught in a trap, + 7:22 Deer could be a stag or an antelope. The Vulgate has: lamb . The LXX has: like a dog to the muzzle . 1
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 →