Proverbs 13:20 · KJV
“He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}”
— Proverbs 13:20
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but {it is} abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Proverbs 13 — Context
Poverty and shame {shall be to} him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but {it is} abomination to fools to depart from evil.
20He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}
21Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
22A good {man} leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner {is} laid up for the just.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:33-34
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Proverbs 15:31
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Psalms 119:63
I {am} a companion of all {them} that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Malachi 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 his name.
Proverbs 1:11-19
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: