Proverbs 19:20

Proverbs 19:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
• New International Version (NIV)Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter days.

Context of Proverbs 19:20

18Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death. 19A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again. Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life. 21There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand. 22What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.

Proverbs 19:20 word by word

שְׁמַ֣ע עֵ֭צָה וְקַבֵּ֣ל מוּסָ֑ר לְ֝מַ֗עַן תֶּחְכַּ֥ם בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• and receiveקָבַלqâbal · to receiveH6901
• instructionמוּסָרmûsâr · discipline: instructionH4148
• that thou mayest be wiseחָכַםchâkam · be wiseH2449
• in thy latter endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319

Cross-references for Proverbs 19:20

• Proverbs 1:8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
• Proverbs 2:1My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,
• Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.
• Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let the end of my life be like theirs.”
• Deuteronomy 8:16fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.
• Deuteronomy 32:29I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them.”
• Psalms 37:37Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future.
• Psalms 90:12So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.
• Luke 16:19“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

Commentaries on Proverbs 19:20

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20Verse 20 Those that would be wise in their latter end, must be taught and ruled when young.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. (Compare Pr 13:18-20). latter end--(Pr 5:11). In youth prepare for age.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 19:20

• Counsel
• Wisdom

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Commentaries on Proverbs 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings