11 translations · Hebrew
Proverbs 13:20
One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Proverbs 13:20 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- KJV King James Version
- He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Whoever is walking with wise men is wise, || And a companion of fools suffers evil.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Being friends with wise people will make you wise, but being friends with stupid people will only cause you problems.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| הָלוֹךְ | hå̄·lōḵ | He who walks | H1980 הָלַךְ to go: went |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | with | H854 אֵת with |
| חֲכָמִ֣ים | ḥă·ḵā·mîm | the wise | H2450 חָכָם wise |
| וַחֲכָם | wa·ḥă·ḵå̄m | will become wise | H2449 חָכַם be wise |
| וְרֹעֶ֖ה | wə·rō·‘eh | but the companion | H7462 |
| כְסִילִ֣ים | ḵə·sî·lîm | of fools | H3684 כְּסִיל fool |
| יֵרֽוֹעַ׃ | yê·rō·w·a‘ | will be destroyed | H7489 רָעַע be evil |
Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 15:33–34
Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.” Wake up righteously, and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
- Proverbs 15:31
The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.
- Proverbs 9:6
Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:14–18
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever? What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” …
- Psalm 119:63
I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
- Revelation 18:4
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,
- Proverbs 1:11–19
If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lay in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit. We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder. …
- Malachi 3:16
Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
- Hebrews 10:24
Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
- Proverbs 7:22–23
He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose. Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
18 Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.
19 Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.
20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
Read all of Proverbs 13 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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