Proverbs 23:19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
In Context
18Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away.
20Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee.
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:
Proverbs 23:12Let thy heart apply itself to instruction: and thy ears to 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 →