Proverbs 13:20
He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Updated King James 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 desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
21Evil pursues sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
Cross References
Genesis 13:12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
1 Kings 12:8But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
1 Kings 22:4And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? 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 out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon you from before the LORD.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privately for the innocent without cause:
Proverbs 7:22He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
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 →