Proverbi 13:20

20 Chi va co’ savi diventerà savio; Ma il compagno degli stolti diventerà malvagio.

Proverbi 13:20 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 13:20

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 in public in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord; he by those means grows wiser and wiser, gains a large stock of spiritual knowledge and experience; for this holds good both in natural and spiritual wisdom, a man of any capacity at all will improve by keeping wise company; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed;
the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "shall become like them"; be a fool as they are, and grow still more and more foolish. The Septuagint version is, "shall be known"; known by the company he keeps to be a fool also: or rather, "shall be broken" ^F20; ruined and destroyed, "evil communications corrupt good manners", ( 1 Corinthians 15:33 ) , and so bring to ruin and destruction.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (ewry) "conteretur", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Mercerus, Gejerus; "conquassabitur", Cocceius; "fragetur", Michaelis; "infringetur", Schultens, so Ben Melech.

Proverbi 13:20 In-Context

18 Povertà ed ignominia avverranno a chi schifa la correzione; Ma chi osserva la riprensione sarà onorato.

19 Il desiderio adempiuto è cosa soave all’anima; Ed agli stolti è cosa abbominevole lo stornarsi dal male.

20 Chi va co’ savi diventerà savio; Ma il compagno degli stolti diventerà malvagio.

21 Il male perseguita i peccatori; Ma Iddio renderà il bene a’ giusti.

22 L’uomo da bene lascerà la sua eredità a’ figliuoli de’ figliuoli; Ma le facoltà del peccatore son riserbate al giusto.