Proverbs 19:20
Heare counsell and receiue instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter ende.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
In Context
21Many deuises are in a mans heart: but the counsell of the Lord shall stand.
Cross References
Numbers 23:10Who can tell the dust of Iaakob, and the nomber of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last ende be like his.
Deuteronomy 32:29Oh that they were wise, then they would vnderstand this: they would consider their latter ende.
Psalms 90:12Teach vs so to nomber our dayes, that we may apply our heartes vnto wisdome.
Proverbs 1:2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,
Proverbs 2:1My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,
Proverbs 8:34For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shall obteine fauour of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:20
19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. 1. As we read this, it intimates, in short, that angry men never want woe. Those that are of strong, or rather headstrong, passions, commonly bring themselves and their families into trouble by vexatious suits and quarrels and the provocations they give; they are still smarting, in one instance or other, for their ungoverned heats; and, if their friends deliver them out of one trouble, they will quickly involve… Read the whole commentary →