Proverbs 23:19
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
In Context
18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
Proverbs 6:6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Proverbs 23:12Apply your heart to instruction and your 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 →