Proverbs 13:18-20

Good News Translation

¹⁸Someone who will not learn will be poor and disgraced. Anyone who listens to correction is respected.

¹⁹How good it is to get what you want! Stupid people refuse to turn away from evil.

²⁰^(A)Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make friends with stupid people, you will be ruined.

Proverbs 13:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,^(A)
but whoever heeds correction is honored.^(B)

¹⁹A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,^(C)
but fools detest turning from evil.

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

Good News Translation (GNT)

New International Version (NIV)