Proverbs 13:19
A desire accomplished is pleasant to the soul; but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
In Context
Cross References
Job 28:28And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.
Psalms 34:14(34:15) Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Proverbs 3:7Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Proverbs 16:6Through kindness and truth is iniquity atoned for; and by the fear of the Lord [men] depart from evil.
Proverbs 29:10Men of blood hate the guiltless one; but the upright seek [to preserve] his life.
Song of Solomon 3:4Scarcely had I passed away from them, when I found him whom my soul loveth: I laid fast hold of him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that had born 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 →