Proverbs 13:19
A longing realized is sweet to the appetite, 1 but fools hate to turn away from evil. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
20Walk with wise people and you will be wise, 1 but the companion of fools will suffer harm. 1
Cross References
Job 28:28To people he said, 1 'See, the fear of the Lord—that is wisdom; 1 to depart from evil is understanding.'”
Psalms 34:14Turn away from evil and do good. 1 Seek peace and go after it. 1
Proverbs 3:7Do not be wise in your own eyes; 1 fear Yahweh and turn away from evil. 1
Proverbs 16:6By covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness iniquity is atoned for 1 and by the fear of Yahweh people turn away from evil. 1
Proverbs 29:10The bloodthirsty hate the one who is blameless 1 and seek the life of the upright. 1
Song of Solomon 3:4It was only a little while after I had passed them 1 that I found him whom my soul loves. 1 I held him and would not let him go 1 until I had brought him into my mother's house, 1 into the bedroom of the one who had conceived me. The woman speaking to the other women 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 →