Proverbs 13:20-22

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁰Be friends with those who are wise, and you will become wise. Choose fools to be your friends, and you will have trouble.

²¹Trouble chases sinners wherever they go, but good things happen to good people.

²²It is good to have something to pass down to your grandchildren. But wealth hidden away by sinners will be given to those who live right.

Proverbs 13:20-22

New International Version

²⁰Walk with the wise and become wise,
for a companion of fools suffers harm.^(A)

²¹Trouble pursues the sinner,^(B)
but the righteous^(C) are rewarded with good things.^(D)

²²A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.^(E)

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)