Proverbs 19:20
Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That thou mayst be wise in thy latter years.
Noyes Bible
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 wrath will suffer punishment; For if thou deliver him, yet must thou do it again.
21Many are the devices in the heart of a man; But the purpose of the LORD, that shall stand.
Cross References
Psalms 90:12Teach us so to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to wisdom!
Proverbs 1:2That one may learn wisdom and instruction, And receive words of understanding;
Proverbs 2:1Oh, my son, that thou wouldst receive my words, And treasure up my precepts within thee;
Proverbs 8:34Happy the man who hearkeneth to me, Who watcheth day by day at my gates, Who waiteth 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 →