Proverbs 13:19
The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge.
LXX2012 (British)
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
18Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: but he that attends to reproofs shall be honoured.
20If you walk with wise men you shall be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known.
Cross References
Job 28:28And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.
Psalms 34:14I behaved agreeably towards them as if it had been our neighbour or brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance. 1
Proverbs 3:7Be not wise in your own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.
Proverbs 29:10Bloody men hate a holy person, but the upright will seek his soul.
Song of Solomon 3:4It was as a little while after I parted from them, that I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, until I brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
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 →