Proverbs 13:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

He that walketh with the wise, shalbe wise: but a companion of fooles shalbe afflicted.

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  • 1 Cor 15:33-34 : 33 Be not deceiued: euill speakings corrupt good maners. 34 Awake to liue righteously, and sinne not: for some haue not ye knowledge of God, I speake this to your shame.
  • 2 Cor 6:14-18 : 14 Be not vnequally yoked with the infidels: for what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? and what communion hath light with darkenesse? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath the beleeuer with the infidell? 16 And what agreement hath the Temple of God with idols? for ye are the Temple of the liuing God: as God hath said, I will dwell among them, and walke there: and I will be their God, and they shalbe my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and separate your selues, saith the Lord, and touch none vncleane thing, and I wil receiue you. 18 And I will be a Father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lord almightie.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.
  • Prov 15:31 : 31 The eare that hearkeneth to the correction of life, shall lodge among the wise.
  • Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voyce from heauen say, Goe out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sinnes, and that ye receiue not of her plagues.
  • Prov 7:27 : 27 Her house is the way vnto ye graue, which goeth downe to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 1:11-19 : 11 If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause: 12 We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe into the pit: 13 We shall finde all precious riches, and fill our houses with spoyle: 14 Cast in thy lot among vs: we will all haue one purse: 15 My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path. 16 For their feete runne to euill, & make haste to shed blood. 17 Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing: 18 So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues. 19 Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.
  • Prov 2:12-20 : 12 And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things, 13 And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes: 14 Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked, 15 Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths. 16 And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes. 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God. 18 Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead. 19 All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life. 20 Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.
  • Prov 7:22-23 : 22 And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction, 23 Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.
  • Acts 2:42 : 42 And they continued in the Apostles doctrine, and fellowship, and breaking of bread, and prayers.
  • Gen 13:12-13 : 12 Abram dwelled in the lande of Canaan, and Lot abode in the cities of the plaine, and pitched his tent euen to Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and exceeding sinners against the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 12:8 : 8 But he forsooke the counsell that the olde men had giuen him, and asked counsell of the yong men that had bene brought vp with him, and waited on him.
  • 1 Kgs 22:4 : 4 And he sayde vnto Iehoshaphat, Wilt thou goe with mee to battel against Ramoth Gilead? And Iehoshaphat saide vnto the King of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and mine horses as thine horses.
  • Ps 119:63 : 63 I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 79%

    20A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

    21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • 19A desire accomplished deliteth ye soule: but it is an abomination to fooles to depart from euil.

  • Prov 14:7-9
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    77%

    7Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

    9The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.

  • Prov 10:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8The wise in heart will receiue commandements: but the foolish in talke shalbe beaten.

    9He that walketh vprightly, walketh boldely: but he that peruerteth his wayes, shalbe knowen.

  • 8Which goeth in the companie of them that worke iniquitie, and walketh with wicked men?

  • 15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

  • 7He that keepeth the Law, is a childe of vnderstanding: but hee that feedeth the gluttons, shameth his father.

  • 16Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

  • 3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

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    15The foolish will beleeue euery thing: but the prudent will consider his steppes.

    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.

    17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

    18The foolish do inherite follie: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • 1Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • 15My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.

  • 14Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.

  • 33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • 21Affliction followeth sinners: but vnto the righteous God will recompense good.

  • 32For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.

  • 15Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise,

  • 16A man that wandreth out of the way of wisdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.

  • 24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • 6Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.

  • 20Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.

  • 12It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.

  • 14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

  • 23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

  • 3A man that loueth wisdome, reioyceth his father: but he that feedeth harlots, wasteth his substance.

  • 14For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.

  • 29He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

  • Prov 26:5-6
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    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

    6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a foole, is as he that cutteth off the feete, and drinketh iniquitie.

  • 26Hee that trusteth in his owne heart, is a foole: but he that walketh in wisdome, shall be deliuered.

  • Prov 14:2-3
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    2He that walketh in his righteousnes, feareth the Lord: but he that is lewde in his wayes, despiseth him.

    3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • 35The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.

  • 20In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.

  • 21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • 5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • 14Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men.

  • 12The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.

  • 24Wisdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the corners of the world.

  • 12A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.

  • 5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

  • 9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • 17He that regardeth instruction, is in the way of life: but he that refuseth correction, goeth out of the way.