A Father’s Discipline
Proverbs 13:20
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- KJV
- He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.destroyed: Heb. broken
- WEB
- One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- ASV
- Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
- LSV
- Whoever is walking with wise men is wise, || And a companion of fools suffers evil.
- YLT
- Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
- DBY
- He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
- DRC
- He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.
- GNV
- He that walketh with the wise, shalbe wise: but a companion of fooles shalbe afflicted.
- JPS
- He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but the companion of fools shall smart for it.
- LXXE
- If thou walkest with wise men thou shalt be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
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- Written (Ketiv): הָלוֹךְ (“walking”). Read aloud (Qere): הוֹלֵ֣ךְ (“[one who] walks”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): וַחֲכָם (“and become wise”). Read aloud (Qere): יֶחְכָּ֑ם (“he will become wise”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads הֹלֵ֣וךְ; read aloud (Qere) reads הוֹלֵ֣ךְ (“[one who] walks”).
- Leningrad Codex reads וֶחְכָּ֑ם; read aloud (Qere) reads יֶחְכָּ֑ם (“he will become wise”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- הלוך אֶת־חֲכָמִ֣ים וחכם וְרֹעֶ֖ה כְסִילִ֣ים יֵרֽוֹעַ׃Read aloud as (qere): הוֹלֵ֣ךְMarks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more consonants in L differently from BHS.Read aloud as (qere): יֶחְכָּ֑ם
- LXX-Br
- Συμπορευόμενος σοφοῖς σοφὸς ἔσῃ, ὁ δὲ συμπορευόμενος ἄφροσι γνωσθήσεται.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 15:33–34Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
- Proverbs 15:31He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
- Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:14–18Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a…
- Psalms 119:63I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
- Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
- Malachi 3:16At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
- Proverbs 1:11–19If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. We will find all manner of precious…
- Hebrews 10:24And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
- Proverbs 7:22–23He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap, until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
- Acts 2:42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- 1 Kings 12:8But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
- Proverbs 2:12–20to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity, from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness, from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,…
- 1 Kings 12:10The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My…
- Genesis 13:12–13Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
- Proverbs 7:27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).