Proverbs 19:20
Hear, son, the instruction of thy father, that thou mayest be wise at thy latter end.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
In Context
19A malicious man shall be severely punished, and if he commit injury, he shall also lose his life.
21There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever.
Cross References
Numbers 23:10Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed.
Deuteronomy 32:29They had not sense to understand: let them reserve these things against the time to come.
Psalms 90:12+ 90:12 Mat. 4. 6. They shall bear thee up on their hands, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Proverbs 1:2to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding;
Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with thee;
Proverbs 8:34watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.
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 →