Proverbs 23:19
Hear thou, beni (my son), and be chacham, 1 and guide thine lev straight on the derech. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 an acharit (latter end, future), 1 and thine tikvah shall not be cut off. 1
20Be not among yayin gluttons; 1 among gluttonous eaters of basar, 1
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Hear, O beni (my son), and receive my sayings; 1 and thy shnot chayyim shall be many. 1
Proverbs 6:6Go to the nemalah (ant), thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one); 1 consider her drakhim (ways), and be chacham (wise); 1
Proverbs 23:12Apply thine lev unto musar, 1 and thine oznayim to the words of da'as. 1
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 →