Proverbs 23:19
My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way [of the Lorde.]
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
In Context
18For veryly there is an ende, and thy pacient abiding shall not be cut of.
20Kepe not company with wine bibbers, and riotous eaters of fleshe:
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many.
Proverbs 6:6Go to the emmet thou sluggarde, consider her wayes, and learne to be wyse:
Proverbs 23:12Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes 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 →