Proverbs 13:20

A Wise Son Lives Righteously

¹⁹ To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish. ²⁰ Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken. ²¹ Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

Wise Men

Proverbs 9:6

Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

Proverbs 15:31

The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

Acts 2:42

And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

Genesis 13:12-13

Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

Genesis 14:12

And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.

1 Kings 12:8

But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:

1 Kings 12:10

And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

1 Kings 22:4

And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to make war? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are: my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

1 Kings 22:32

So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Truly, this is the king of Israel; and turning against him, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry.

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.

Psalm 119:63

I keep company with all your worshippers, and those who have your orders in their memory.

Proverbs 1:11-19

If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

Proverbs 2:12-20

Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

Proverbs 7:22-23

The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

Proverbs 7:27

Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.

Song of Songs 1:7-8

Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?

Malachi 3:16

Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

1 Corinthians 15:33-34

Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

Hebrews 10:24

And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

Revelation 18:4

And another voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Come out of her, my people, so that you may have no part in her sins and in her punishments.