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Proverbs 13

Prov. 13:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that walketh
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
with wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
men shall be wise
chakam (Hebrew #2449)
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV usage: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Pronounce: khaw-kam'
: butm a companion
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
of fools
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
shall be ηdestroyed
ruwa` (Hebrew #7321)
to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
KJV usage: blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
Pronounce: roo-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
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1 Cor. 15:33• 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:33)
η
broken.

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Prov. 2:20• 20That thou mayest walk in the way of the good{HR}And keep the paths of the righteous. (Prov. 2:20)
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Psa. 119:63• 63A companion [am] {i}I{/i} to all who fear thee,{HR}And to those who keep thy precepts. (Psa. 119:63)
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Song of Sol. 1:7‑8• 7Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth,{HR}Where thou feedest [thy flock],{HR}Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon;{HR}For why should I be as one veiled (wandering){HR}Beside the flocks of thy companions?
 8If thou know not, thou fairest among women,{HR}Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock,{HR}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 Jehovah spake often one to another: and Jehovah hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written {i}before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.{/i} (Mal. 3:16)
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Acts 2:42• 42And they persevered in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, the breaking of bread and the prayers. (Acts 2:42)
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Heb. 10:24• 24and let us consider one another for provoking love and 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,{HR}Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
 12Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol,{HR}And whole as those that go down into the pit.
 13We shall find all precious substance,{HR}We shall fill our houses with spoil:
 14Cast in thy lot among us;{HR}We will have all one purse.
 15My son, walk not in the way with them,{HR}Keep back thy foot from their path.
 16For their feet run to evil,{HR}And they make haste to shed blood.
 17For in vain is the net spread in the eyes of a bird;
 18And they lay wait for their own blood;{HR}They lurk privily for their own lives.
 19So (are) the paths of every one that is greedy of gain:{HR}It taketh away the life of its owners. (Prov. 1:11‑19)
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Prov. 2:12‑19• 12To deliver thee from the way of evil,{HR}From the man that speaketh froward things;
 13[From those] who forsake the paths of uprightness,{HR}To walk in the ways of darkness;
 14Who rejoice to do evil-delight in the frowardness of evil;
 15Who in their paths are crooked, and pervert in their course—
 16To deliver thee from the strange woman,{HR}From the stranger who flattereth with her words;
 17Who forsaketh the friend of her youth{HR}And forgetteth the covenant of her God.
 18For her house inclineth unto death,{HR}And her paths unto the dead;
 19None that go unto her return again,{HR}Nor attain unto the paths of life; — (Prov. 2:12‑19)
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Prov. 7:22‑23,27• 22He goeth after suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,{HR}And as in fetters to his correction the fool;
 23Till an arrow strike through his liver,{HR}As a bird hasteth to the snare,{HR}And knoweth not that [it is] for its life.
 27Her house [is] the way to Sheol,{HR}Going down to the chambers of death. (Prov. 7:22‑23,27)
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Prov. 9:6• 6Forsake follies and live,{HR}And go in the way of understanding. (Prov. 9:6)
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Gen. 13:12‑13• 12{i}Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom.{/i}
 13{i}And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.{/i} (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, 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• 4{i}And he said to Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-Gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.{/i}
 32{i}And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely that is the king of Israel; and they turned against him to fight; and Jehoshaphat cried out.{/i} (1 Kings 22:4,32)
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2 Chron. 19:2• 2{i}And 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 Jehovah? Therefore is wrath upon thee from Jehovah.{/i} (2 Chron. 19:2)
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1 Cor. 15:33‑34• 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
 34Wake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak unto your shame. (1 Cor. 15:33‑34)
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2 Cor. 6:14‑18• 14Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers: for what partnership [is there] for righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship [hath] light with darkness?
 15and what consent of Christ with Beliar? or what part for a believer with an unbeliever?
 16and what agreement for God's temple with idols? For ye are [the] living God's temple, even as God said, I will dwell and walk among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 17Wherefore come out from the midst of them and be separated, saith [the] Lord, and touch no unclean thing; and I will receive you
 18and will be to you for Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith [the] Lord Almighty. (2 Cor. 6:14‑18)
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Rev. 18:4• 4And I heard another voice out of the heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye have no fellowship with 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.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "shall smart for it."

W. Kelly Translation

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He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise;{HR}But a companion of the foolish will be destroyed.