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- Proverbs
- Chapter 13
- Verse 20
Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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Commentary
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise,.... Who is a companion of them that fear the Lord; converses frequently with them in private about spiritual and experimental things, and walks with them…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
Note, 1. Those that would be good must keep good company, which is an evidence for them that they would be good (men's character is known by the company they choose) and will be a means of making them…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
He that walketh Or (with a change of Heb. vowel points), Walk with wise men and be wise.
destroyed Lit. be broken. See Pro 11:15, where the same word is rendered shall smart for it. He who is the…
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