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Whoever walksהוֹלֵךְwithאֶתthe wiseחֲכָמִיםwill become wise,יֶחְכָּםbut the companionוְרֹעֶהof the senselessכְסִילִיםwill suffer harm.יֵרוֹעַ
Proverbs 13:20
Study it in the app“Whoever walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of the senseless will suffer harm.”
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wiseFriendshipThe company you keep shapes youWisdom
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 13:20, word by word
- Whoever walksהוֹלֵךְholech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holech” appears- the wiseחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- will become wiseיֶחְכָּםyechkam
be wise
Be wise, act wisely; in Exodus 1:10, act shrewdly.
Where else “yechkam” appears- but the companionרֹעֶהroe
keep company
To go about in company with someone, treat him as a friend.
Where else “roe” appears- of the senselessכְסִילִיםchesilim
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesilim” appears- will suffer harmיֵרוֹעַyeroa
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “yeroa” appears
The context
19Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but an abomination to the senseless is turning away from evil.
20 · This verse (above)
21Evil pursues sinners, but the righteous will be repaid with good.