Proverbs 19:20
Hear etzah, and accept musar, 1 that thou mayest be wise in thy acharit (latter end, future). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
In Context
21There are many plans in a lev ish; 1 nevertheless it is the etzah of Hashem that shall stand. 1
Cross References
Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Ya'akov, 1 and the number of the fourth part of Yisroel? 1 Let my nefesh die the death of the yesharim (righteous ones), 1 and let my latter end be like his!
Deuteronomy 32:29O that they were wise, that they had seichel, 1 that they would consider their acharit (latter end, future)! 1
Psalms 90:12So teach us to number yameinu, 1 that we may apply levav unto chochmah. 1
Proverbs 1:2To have da'as of chochmah and musar (discipline); 1 to understand the words of binah; 1
Proverbs 2:1Beni (my son), if thou wilt receive my words, 1 and treasure my mitzvot with thee; 1
Proverbs 8:34Ashrei is adam that heareth me, 1 watching daily at my dalatot, 1 waiting at the mezuzot of my doors. 1
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 →