Proverbs 13:20

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

The one walking with wise ones will become wise, and the one accompanying fools will suffer evil.

Latin

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

Hebrew

English

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

The people we spend time with influence us.

1 Corinthians 15:33–34
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Proverbs 15:31
He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
Proverbs 9:6
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
2 Corinthians 6:14–18
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Psalm 119:63
I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
Revelation 18:4
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.
Malachi 3:16
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.
Proverbs 1:11–19
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
Proverbs 7:22–23
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
1 Kings 12:8
But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
Acts 2:42
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.