Proverbs 19:20
Hear counsel, and accept correction, in order that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
In Context
19A man of great fury must suffer punishment; for if thou deliver him, thou must still do it again.
21There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord alone will stand firm.
Cross References
Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and number the fourth part of Israel? May my soul die the death of the righteous, and may my last end be like his!
Deuteronomy 32:29If they were but wise, they would understand this, they would consider their latter end!
Psalms 90:12Let us then know how to number our days, that we may obtain a heart endowed with wisdom.
Proverbs 1:2To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the sayings of understanding;
Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wouldst but accept my words, and treasure up my commandments with thee;
Proverbs 8:34Happy is the man that hearkeneth unto me, watching day by day at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:20
19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. 1. As we read this, it intimates, in short, that angry men never want woe. Those that are of strong, or rather headstrong, passions, commonly bring themselves and their families into trouble by vexatious suits and quarrels and the provocations they give; they are still smarting, in one instance or other, for their ungoverned heats; and, if their friends deliver them out of one trouble, they will quickly involve… Read the whole commentary →