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

18Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; and set not thy heart on his destruction. 19A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty: for if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again. Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. 21There are many devices in a man’s heart; but the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. 22The desire of a man is the measure of his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

Proverbs 19:20 word by word

שְׁמַ֣ע עֵ֭צָה וְקַבֵּ֣ל מוּסָ֑ר לְ֝מַ֗עַן תֶּחְכַּ֥ם בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• receiveקָבַלqâbal · to receiveH6901
• instructionמוּסָרmûsâr · discipline: instructionH4148
• wiseחָכַםchâkam · be wiseH2449
• latterאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319

Cross-references for Proverbs 19:20

• Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
• Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
• Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
• Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
• Deuteronomy 8:16who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:
• Deuteronomy 32:29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
• Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the latter end of that man is peace.
• Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may get us an heart of wisdom.
• Luke 16:19Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring 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