Proverbs 23:19
Pay attention, my son, and be wise; make sure your mind concentrates on following the right way.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
In Context
18for there's definitely a future for you, and your hope will not be crushed.
20Don't join in with people who drink too much wine or who stuff themselves with meat.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Listen, my son, if you accept what I tell you, then you will live a long life.
Proverbs 6:6Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise.
Proverbs 23:12Focus your mind on instruction; listen intently 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 →