Proverbs 19:20
O geue eare vnto good counsayle, and be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest be wyse in the latter dayes.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
In Context
21There are many deuises in a mans heart: neuerthelesse, the counsayle of the Lorde shall stande.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,
Proverbs 2:1My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee,
Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching dayly at my gates, and geuing attendaunce at the postes of my doores.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:20
19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. 1. As we read this, it intimates, in short, that angry men never want woe. Those that are of strong, or rather headstrong, passions, commonly bring themselves and their families into trouble by vexatious suits and quarrels and the provocations they give; they are still smarting, in one instance or other, for their ungoverned heats; and, if their friends deliver them out of one trouble, they will quickly involve… Read the whole commentary →