Proverbs 23:19
Hear, my son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
In Context
20Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Hear, my son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many.
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.
Proverbs 23:12Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.
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 →