Proverbs 13:20

A Wise Son Lives Righteously

¹⁹ A desire {fulfilled} will be sweet to the soul, but an abomination of fools is turning from evil. ²⁰ Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm. ²¹ Misfortune will pursue sinners, but the righteous {will be rewarded with prosperity}.

Wise Men

Proverbs 9:6

Lay aside simplicity and live; walk in the way of understanding."

Proverbs 15:31

The ear of him who listens [to] admonitions of life, in the midst of the wise it will lodge.

Acts 2:42

And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.

Genesis 13:12-13

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled in the cities of the plain. And he pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Genesis 14:12

And they took Lot, the son of the brother of Abram, and his possessions, and left. (Now he had been living in Sodom.)

1 Kings 12:8

But he rejected the advice of the old men, which they gave him, and he consulted with the youngsters who had grown up with him, who were {serving} before him.

1 Kings 12:10

Then the youngsters who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you: 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten [it] for us,' you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

1 Kings 22:4

Then he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to the battle for Ramoth-Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "{I am like you}; {my people are like your people}; {my horses are like your horses}."

1 Kings 22:32

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "Surely he [is] the king of Israel," and they turned to fight against him, so Jehoshaphat called out.

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. And he said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you [be] a help to the wicked and love those who hate Yahweh? On account of this, wrath [has come] against you from Yahweh.

Psalm 119:63

I [am] a companion of all [who] fear you and heed your precepts.

Proverbs 1:11-19

If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.

Proverbs 2:12-20

[in order] to deliver you from the way of evil, from a man who speaks devious things--

Proverbs 7:22-23

He goes after her suddenly; like an ox to the slaughter he goes, and like a stag to the instruction of a fool,

Proverbs 7:27

The ways of Sheol [are] her house, descending to chambers of death.

Song of Songs 1:7-8

Tell me, [you] whom my {heart} loves, where do you pasture your flock, where do your sheep lie down at the noon? {For why should I be like} one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?

Malachi 3:16

Then those who revered Yahweh spoke {with one another}. And Yahweh listened attentively and heard, and a scroll of remembrance was written {before him} of those who revere Yahweh and ponder his name.

1 Corinthians 15:33-34

Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."

2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation [is there between] righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship [does] light [have] with darkness?

Hebrews 10:24

And let us think about {how to stir one another up to love} and good works,

Revelation 18:4

And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out from her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins, and so that you will not receive her plagues,