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Proverbs 13:20

Choose your friends carefully! A person who is a friend of wise people listens to them. Then, he learns from them, and he himself becomes wiser.

In the same way, a friend of fools can suffer their troubles. If your friends do not love God, then think about this. You need to bring God’s message to your friends. You must refuse to do evil things, if they test you. You should also have wise, Christian friends. They will help you to become a strong Christian.

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See also Proverbs 13:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 13:20. _HE THAT WALKETH WITH WISE_ MEN _SHALL BE WISE_] To _walk_ with a person implies _love_ and _attachment_; and it is impossible not _to imitate those we love_. So we say, "Show me...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the righteous, illust...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:1...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SHALL BE WISE. Illustrations: Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:5); Joash (2 Chronicles 24:2); Ruth (Proverbs 1:16); Elisha (2 Kings 2:9); An

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _He that walketh_ Or (with a change of Heb. vowel points), _Walk with wise men and be wise_. _destroyed_ Lit. BE BROKEN. See Proverbs 11:15, where the same word is rendered _shall smart for it_. He wh...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 13:18-25 18. Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored. 19. The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. HE THAT WALKETH (NAMELY, CONTINUOUSLY AND HABITUALLY) WITH WISE MEN SHALL BE WISE. So the Masoretic text re...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    13:20 depraved. (h-17) Or 'shall smart for it.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHALL BE DESTROYED — _i.e._, morally ruined....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _הֹלֵ֣ךְ_† אֶת ־חֲכָמִ֣ים _יֶחְכָּ֑ם_† וְ רֹעֶ֖ה כְסִילִ֣ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 14 PRIDE AND HUMILITY "A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1 “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but he tha...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Verse Proverbs 13:2. Compare this with Proverbs 12:14. As the words of a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of transgressors react upon themselves. Verse Proverbs 13:5. The...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be (i) destroyed. (i) As he is partaker of their wickedness, and bears with their vices, so will he be punished alike as...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Become. Septuagint, "be known." A person's disposition may be seen by the company which he frequents._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. Good understanding gi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HE THAT WALKETH WITH WISE [MEN] SHALL BE WISE,.... Who is a companion of them that fear the Lord; converses frequently with them in private about spiritual and experimental things, and walks with them...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Ver. 20. _He that walketh with wise men shall be wise._] He that comes where sweet spices and ointments are...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He that walketh with wise men_ That is, who keeps company, and commonly converses with them; _shall be wise_ Shall learn wisdom and goodness, both from their counsels and examples; _but a companion o...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 20. HE THAT WALKETH WITH WISE MEN, making them his companions and listening to their counsel, SHALL BE WISE; BUT A COMPANION OF FOOLS SHALL BE DESTROYED, or, lie who attendeth fools tendeth to foll...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SHALL BE DESTROYED: _ Heb._ shall be broken...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WALKETH; commonly converseth and associateth himself. SHALL BE WISE; shall learn wisdom and goodness, both from their counsels and examples. The design of this proverb is to show the wonderful influen...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 13:20 walks H1980 (H8802) wise H2450 wise H2449 (H8799) companion H7462 (H8802) fools H3684 destroyed

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Proverbs 13:20 I. Of all the external circumstances which mould our life and character, our daily companionship may be said to be among the most potent, and the Bible utterances are very strong on thi...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The destruction of sinners is unavoidable, for God's wrath pursues them, and whom God pursues is sure to be overtaken. The...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 13:1. A _wise son heareth his father's instruction._ This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, an...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed._ WALKING WITH WISE MEN A MEANS OF ATTAINING WISDOM I. What is it to walk with wise men? It is to choose pers...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:20_ COMPANIONSHIP, CONSTRUCTIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE We have here:— I. HABIT, ASSIMILATION, AND TRANSFORMATION. 1. _Habit_. A habit is formed by the constant repetition of...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. PROVERBS 13:1 A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebr...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the scorner, the transgressor and the good man. A wise son hears his fa...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 15:33; 1 Corinthians 15:34; 1 Kings 12:10; 1 Kings 12:8;...

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