Proverbs 13:19
It's nice to see a wish come true, but stupid people hate to turn away from evil to achieve this.
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In The King James Version
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
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Cross References
Job 28:28He said to humankind, ‘To reverence the Lord is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Psalms 34:14Reject what is evil, do what is good. Look for peace, and work to make it a reality.
Proverbs 3:7Don't think you're wise—respect God and avoid evil.
Proverbs 16:6Sin is forgiven through trustworthy love and faithfulness; by honoring the Lord people are saved from evil.
Proverbs 29:10Murderers hate people of integrity, but those who live right try to help them.
Song of Solomon 3:4Only a little farther on after I'd passed them I found my love! I held him close and would not let him go until I'd brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:19
18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. Note, 1. He that is so proud that he scorns to be taught will certainly be abased. He that refuses the good instruction offered him, as if it were a reflection upon his honour and an abridgment of his liberty, poverty and shame shall be to him: he will become a beggar and live and die in disgrace; every one will despise him as foolish, and stubborn, and ungovernable. 2. He that is so humble that he… Read the whole commentary →