Proverbs 23:19
Listen, my son, and be wise, and direct your soul along the way.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
In Context
18For you will have hope in the end, and your expectation will not be taken away.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Listen, my son, and accept my words, so that years of life may be multiplied for you.
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.
Proverbs 23:12Let your heart enter into doctrine, and let your ears enter into 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 →