Proverbs 13:20 “He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fool…”

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

World English Bible

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

American Standard Version

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Geneva Bible 1599

He that walketh with the wise, shalbe wise: but a companion of fooles shalbe afflicted.

Darby Translation

He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.

Young's Literal Translation

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

Bible in Basic English

Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

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Cross references

“that”

Psalm 119:63 Malachi 3:16 Hebrews 10:24 Acts 2:42 Proverbs 2:20 Song of Solomon 1:7

Psalm 119:63 · BSB

I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

Malachi 3:16 · BSB

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

Hebrews 10:24 · BSB

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

Acts 2:42 · BSB

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Proverbs 2:20 · BSB

So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

Song of Solomon 1:7 · BSB

Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

“but”

Proverbs 9:6 2 Corinthians 6:14–18 Revelation 18:4 Proverbs 1:11–19 1 Kings 12:8 1 Kings 12:10

Proverbs 9:6 · BSB

Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

2 Corinthians 6:14–18 · BSB

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

Revelation 18:4 · BSB

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

Proverbs 1:11–19 · BSB

If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

1 Kings 12:8 · BSB

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

1 Kings 12:10 · BSB

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little…

Also

Proverbs 15:31

Proverbs 15:31 · BSB

He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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.

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