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Prov. 13:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: butm a companion of fools shall be ηdestroyed.

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1 Cor. 15:33• ³³Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:33)

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broken.

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Prov. 2:20• ²⁰That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. (Prov. 2:20)

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Psa. 119:63• ⁶³I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. (Psa. 119:63)

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Song of Sol. 1:7‑8• ⁷Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
⁸If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. (Song of Sol. 1:7‑8)

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Mal. 3:16• ¹⁶Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. (Mal. 3:16)

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Acts 2:42• ⁴²And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. (Acts 2:42)

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Heb. 10:24• ²⁴And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: (Heb. 10:24)

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Prov. 1:11‑19• ¹¹If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
¹²Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
¹³We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
¹⁴Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
¹⁵My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
¹⁶For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
¹⁷Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
¹⁸And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
¹⁹So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. (Prov. 1:11‑19)

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Prov. 2:12‑19• ¹²To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
¹³Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
¹⁵Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
¹⁷Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
¹⁸For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
¹⁹None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. (Prov. 2:12‑19)

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Prov. 7:22‑23,27• ²²He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
²³Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
²⁷Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. (Prov. 7:22‑23,27)

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Prov. 9:6• ⁶Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. (Prov. 9:6)

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Gen. 13:12‑13• ¹²Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
¹³But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly. (Gen. 13:12‑13)

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Gen. 14:12• ¹²And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. (Gen. 14:12)

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1 Kings 12:8,10• ⁸But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
¹⁰And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. (1 Kings 12:8,10)

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1 Kings 22:4,32• ⁴And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
³²And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. (1 Kings 22:4,32)

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2 Chron. 19:2• ²And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord. (2 Chron. 19:2)

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1 Cor. 15:33‑34• ³³Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
³⁴Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. (1 Cor. 15:33‑34)

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2 Cor. 6:14‑18• ¹⁴Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
¹⁵And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
¹⁶And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
¹⁷Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
¹⁸And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (2 Cor. 6:14‑18)

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Rev. 18:4• ⁴And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Rev. 18:4)

destroyed.

Heb. broken.

• Companionship with vain persons is conducive to further vanity, and results in moral and spiritual ruin. Contrast Rehoboam with the young king Josiah (1 Kings 12:8; 2 Kings 22). (“Proverbs Thirteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depravedh.

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Or "shall smart for it."