Proverbs 13:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: But a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ He who walks [as a companion] with wise men is wise, but he who associates with [self-confident] fools is [a fool himself and] shall smart for it. [Isa. 32:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Walk with wise people and become wise; befriend fools and get in trouble.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Whoever keeps step with the wise shall be wise. A friend of the foolish will become like them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.

Proverbs 13:20 Cross References

Genesis 14:12

they also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, who lived in Sodom, and his goods and departed.

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus you should say to this people who spoke to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must lighten it for us’; thus you should say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

1 Kings 12:8

But he disregarded the advice that the older men gave him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and now attended him.

1 Kings 22:32

When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is surely the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out.

1 Kings 22:4

He said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I am as you are; my people are your people; my horses are your horses.”

2 Chronicles 10:8

But he rejected the advice that the older men gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and now attended him.

2 Chronicles 19:2

Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the Lord.

2 Chronicles 22:4

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his ruin.

Psalm 119:63

I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.

Proverbs 13:19

A desire realized is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

Proverbs 14:7

Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not find words of knowledge.

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that heeds wholesome admonition will lodge among the wise.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friends with those given to anger, and do not associate with hotheads,

Proverbs 22:25

lest you learn their ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Proverbs 7:27

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 9:6

Lay aside immaturity and live, and walk in the way of insight.”

Malachi 3:16

Then those who revered the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who revered the Lord and thought on his name.

Acts 2:42

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

Hebrews 10:24

And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds,

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you do not take part in her sins and so that you do not share in her plagues,