Proverbs 23:19
O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
In Context
18For surely there is an ende, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
20Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Heare, my sonne, and receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.
Proverbs 6:6Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise.
Proverbs 23:12Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes 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 →