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Proverbs 13:20

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

KJV

Qui cum sapientibus graditur sapiens erit ; amicus stultorum similis efficietur.

Vulgate

συμπορευόμενος σοφοῖς σοφὸς ἔσῃ, ὁ δὲ συμπορευόμενος ἄφροσι γνωσθήσεται.

LXX

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

ASV

הלוך הוֹלֵ֣ךְ אֶת חֲכָמִ֣ים ו/חכם יֶחְכָּ֑ם וְ/רֹעֶ֖ה כְסִילִ֣ים יֵרֽוֹעַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
יֶחְכַּם
ychkm
verb · 28×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
רֹעִ֔ים
r'ym
verb · 164×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
  • 1Cor 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
  • 1Kgs 12:8 — But 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:
  • 1Kgs 12:10 — And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto
  • 1Kgs 12:13 — And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
  • 1Kgs 22:4 — And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
  • 1Kgs 22:32 — And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
  • 2Chr 19:2 — And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the
  • 2Chr 20:37 — Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they
  • 2Chr 22:4 — Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
  • 2Cor 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
  • Acts 2:42 — And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
  • Acts 4:23 — And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
  • Eph 5:7 — Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
  • Gen 13:12 — Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
  • Gen 14:12 — And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
  • Gen 34:2 — And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
  • Gen 38:1 — And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
  • Heb 10:24 — And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
  • Job 34:8 — Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
  • Job 35:4 — I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
  • John 18:18 — And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.
  • Mal 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon h
  • Prov 1:10 — My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
  • Prov 1:11 — If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
  • Prov 1:15 — My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
  • Prov 2:12 — To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
  • Prov 2:12 — To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
  • Prov 2:20 — That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
  • Prov 4:14 — Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
  • Prov 5:14 — I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
  • Prov 7:22 — He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
  • Prov 7:27 — Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:6 — Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
  • Prov 9:6 — Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
  • Prov 12:11 — He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
  • Prov 14:7 — Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
  • Prov 15:31 — The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
  • Prov 15:31 — The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
  • Prov 22:25 — Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.