Proverbs 23:19

My son/child, listen carefully to me and become wise, and think about ◄all that you do/your behavior►.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

In Context

18If you do that, you will be happy in the future, and God will certainly do for you what you are confidently expecting him to do.

20Do not associate with those who drink a lot of ◄wine/strong drink► or with those who ◄are gluttons/eat more than they should►,

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:10So now I say, “My son, heed what I say. If you do that, you will live a good long life.

Proverbs 6:6You lazy individual, learn something from watching the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.

Proverbs 23:12Pay attention to what your teachers teach you, and try to learn from the wise things that they say.

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 →

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