Proverbs 19:20
18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
- KJV
- Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
- WEB
- Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
- ASV
- Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
- DARBY
- Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
- BLB
- Listen to counsel and receive discipline, so that you may be wise in your latter end.
- ÅB
- Hør på råd og ta imot tukt, så du kan bli vis til slutt!
- OTB
- Lytt til råd og aksepter disiplin, så du kan være klok resten av dine dager.
- B1930
- Hør på råd og ta imot tukt, så du kan bli vis til slutt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Read in contextProverbs 8:34–35
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Read in contextProverbs 2:1–9
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Read in contextProverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Read in contextProverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Read in contextNumbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Read in contextLuke 16:19–23
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Read in contextPsalms 90:14
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
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