26 The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
26 The righteous is more excellent
26 One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor,
26 A good person survives misfortune, but a wicked life invites disaster.
26 The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray.
26 The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray.
20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
20 Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.
20 He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
20 Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.
(Read Proverbs 13:20)
Multitudes are brought to ruin by bad company. And all that make themselves wicked will be destroyed.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 12:26
Commentary on Proverbs 12:26
(Read Proverbs 12:26)
The righteous is abundant; though not in this world's goods, yet in the graces and comforts of the Spirit, which are the true riches. Evil men vainly flatter themselves that their ways are not wrong.