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 son while there is hope. Do not set your heart on his death. 19One with great rage will pay a penalty. For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again. Listen to advice and accept instruction, so that in the end you may be wise. 21Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but the counsel of Adonai will stand. 22What is desired in a man is loyalty, 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 1:8Hear, my son, your father’s instruction and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
• Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and treasure my mitzvot within you,
• Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts.
• Numbers 23:10Who can count Jacob’s dust? Who can number a fourth of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his!”
• Deuteronomy 8:16He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, in order to afflict you and test you, to do you good in the end.
• Deuteronomy 32:29“If they were wise, they would discern this, they would understand their hereafter.
• Psalms 37:37Notice the man of integrity and watch the upright— for the man of shalom has a future.
• Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, so that we may get a heart of wisdom.
• Luke 16:19“Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, living it up in luxury 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