Proverbs 23:19
Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
In Context
18For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
Proverbs 23:12Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:18-19
Parental Advice. 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. 18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Here is, 1. A necessary caution against entertaining any favourable thoughts of prospering profaneness: " Let not thy heart envy sinners; do not grudge them either the liberty they take to sin or the success they are to be pitied rather than envied. Their prosperity is their portion ( Ps. xii. 14 ), nay, it is their poison," Prov. i.… Read the whole commentary →