Proverbs 23:19
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
In Context
18Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
20Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
Proverbs 23:12Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
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 →