Proverbs 13:19-21

Good News Translation

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.

²¹Trouble follows sinners everywhere, but righteous people will be rewarded with good things.

Proverbs 13:19-21

New International Version

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

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

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

Good News Translation (GNT)

New International Version (NIV)