Proverbs 13:20

A Wise Son Lives Righteously

¹⁹ Desire fulfilled is sweet to the taste,
but to turn from evil
is an abomination to fools. ²⁰ The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm. ²¹ Disaster pursues sinners,
but good rewards the righteous.

Wise Men

Proverbs 9:6

Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;
pursue the way of understanding.

Proverbs 15:31

One who listens to life-giving rebukes
will be at home among the wise.

Acts 2:42

And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to the prayers.

Genesis 13:12-13

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived in the cities of the valley and set up his tent near Sodom.

Genesis 14:12

They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, for he was living in Sodom, and they went on.

1 Kings 12:8

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

1 Kings 12:10

Then the young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

1 Kings 22:4

So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight Ramoth-gilead?”

Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

1 Kings 22:32

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, “He must be the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.

2 Chronicles 19:2

Then Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the Lord’s wrath is on you.

Psalm 119:63

I am a friend to all who fear You,
to those who keep Your precepts.

Proverbs 1:11-19

If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

Proverbs 2:12-20

rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,

Proverbs 7:22-23

He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap

Proverbs 7:27

Her house is the road to Sheol,
descending to the chambers of death.

Song of Songs 1:7-8

Tell me, you, the one I love:
Where do you pasture your sheep?
Where do you let them rest at noon?
Why should I be like one who veils herself
beside the flocks of your companions?

Malachi 3:16

At that time those who feared the Lord spoke to one another. The Lord took notice and listened. So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who feared Yahweh and had high regard for His name.

1 Corinthians 15:33-34

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

Hebrews 10:24

And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works,

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven:

Come out of her, My people,
so that you will not share in her sins
or receive any of her plagues.