Proverbes 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Note d'étude
Study Note
The wisdom aphorism 'He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed' distils a social epistemology of character formation: human wisdom and folly are socially contagious. The 'walking with' language connects to Psalm 1:1's 'walketh in the counsel of the ungodly' — both texts ground moral development in the quality of one's habitual associations. Aristotle's ethics similarly emphasises the role of friendship in the development of virtue (Nicomachean Ethics VIII-IX), and Paul's 'evil communications corrupt good manners' (1 Corinthians 15:33, citing the poet Menander) provides NT endorsement. The verse's simplicity conceals a sophisticated developmental anthropology: wisdom is not merely information but an orientation shaped by the relational environment one inhabits — making mentorship and community the primary educational institutions.
Autres traductions
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
Références croisées
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Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
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I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.