Proverbs 13:19
The ta'avah (desire, longing) fulfilled is sweet to the nefesh, 1 but it is to'evat kesilim (the abomination of fools) to depart from rah. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 unto adam He said, 1 See, the Yirat Adonoi, that is chochmah, 1 and to depart from rah is binah.
Psalms 34:14Keep thy tongue from rah, 1 and thy lips from speaking mirmah. + 34:14 guile, see Isa 53:9 where it says Moshiach will lack mirmah 1
Proverbs 3:7Be not chacham in thine own eyes; 1 fear Hashem, and depart from rah. 1
Proverbs 16:6By chesed and emes avon is purged, 1 and by the Yirat Hashem men depart from rah. 1
Proverbs 29:10The anshei damim hate the blameless, 1 but the yesharim seek his nefesh (soul, i.e., well-being). + 29:10 i.e., his soulʼs well-being 1
Song of Solomon 3:4Scarcely had I passed from them, 1 when I found him whom my nefesh loveth; 1 I held him, and would not let him go, 1 until I had brought him into the bais immi (the house of my mother), 1 and into the cheder of her that conceived me. 1
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 →