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Selected Verse: Proverbs 13:20 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
Pr 13:20 Strong Concordance He that walketh [01980] with wise [02450] men shall be wise [02449]: but a companion [07462] of fools [03684] shall be destroyed [07321].
  King James He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The benefits of good and evil of bad society are contrasted.
 
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3 Whoso [0376] loveth [0157] wisdom [02451] rejoiceth [08055] his father [01]: but he that keepeth company [07462] with harlots [02181] spendeth [06] his substance [01952].
7 Whoso keepeth [05341] the law [08451] is a wise [0995] son [01121]: but he that is a companion [07462] of riotous [02151] men shameth [03637] his father [01].
14 The heart [03820] of him that hath understanding [0995] seeketh [01245] knowledge [01847]: but the mouth [06310] [06440] of fools [03684] feedeth [07462] on foolishness [0200].
15 He that is surety [06148] for a stranger [02114] shall smart [07321] [07451] for it: and he that hateth [08130] suretiship [08628] is sure [0982].
14 And the princes [08269] of Moab [04124] rose up [06965], and they went [0935] unto Balak [01111], and said [0559], Balaam [01109] refuseth [03985] to come [01980] with us.
50 Ye that have escaped [06405] the sword [02719], go away [01980], stand not still [05975]: remember [02142] the LORD [03068] afar off [07350], and let Jerusalem [03389] come [05927] into your mind [03824].
33 Hear [08085] instruction [04148], and be wise [02449], and refuse [06544] it not.