Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But the companion of fools will suffer harm.
King James Version
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Holman Bible
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
International Standard Version
Whoever keeps company with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
A Conservative Version
Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
American Standard Version
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Amplified
He who walks [as a companion] with wise men will be wise,
But the companions of [conceited, dull-witted] fools [are fools themselves and] will experience harm.
Bible in Basic English
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
Darby Translation
He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
Julia Smith Translation
He going with the wise, and he is wise: and the companion of the foolish shall become evil.
King James 2000
He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.
Modern King James verseion
He who walks with the wise shall be wise, but a companion with fools shall be destroyed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that goeth in the company of wise men, shall be wise; but whoso is a companion of fools shall be hurt.
NET Bible
The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
New Heart English Bible
One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
The Emphasized Bible
He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.
Webster
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
World English Bible
One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
Themes
Associations » Good » General references to good company
Companionship » General references to good company
Company » Those that walk with wise men
Company » The companion of fools
Evil » Associations » Results of » Divine wrath
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 13:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wise Son Lives Righteously
19
But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil.
But the companion of fools will suffer harm.
But the
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 9:6
And
Proverbs 15:31
Will dwell among the wise.
Acts 2:42
They were
Genesis 13:12-13
Abram
Genesis 14:12
They also took Lot,
1 Kings 12:8
But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him
1 Kings 12:10
The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ But you shall speak to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!
1 Kings 22:4
And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “
1 Kings 22:32
So when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely it is the king of Israel,” and they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out.
2 Chronicles 19:2
Psalm 119:63
And of those who keep Your precepts.
Proverbs 1:11-19
Let us
Let us
Proverbs 2:12-20
From the man who speaks
Proverbs 7:22-23
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as
Proverbs 7:27
Descending to the chambers of death.
Song of Songs 1:7-8
Where do you
Where do you make it
For why should I be like one who
Beside the flocks of your
Malachi 3:16
Then those who
1 Corinthians 15:33-34
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
Hebrews 10:24
and let us consider how
Revelation 18:4
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “