Devine Scripture

Proverbs 13:20

Proverbs chapter 13 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

v.20This passage

v.21Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 119:63

    I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.

  • Revelation 18:4

    And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:

  • Hebrews 10:24

    and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

  • 2 Chronicles 19:2

    And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate Jehovah? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before Jehovah.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:14

    Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

  • Malachi 3:16

    Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.