He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
WEB
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
YLT
Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
DBT
He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.