Proverbs 23:19
Hear thou, my son, and become wise, and guide thy heart on the right way.
Leeser Tanakh
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 thy hope will not be cut off.
20Be not among those that drink wine immoderately, among those that over-indulge in eating flesh:
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Hear, O my son, and accept my sayings: and they will increase unto thee the years of life.
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise.
Proverbs 23:12Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thy ears to the sayings 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 →