Proverbs 23:19
שְׁמַע ־ אַתָּה בְנִי וַחֲכָם וְאַשֵּׁר בַּדֶּרֶךְ לִבֶּֽךָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
In Context
18כִּי אִם ־ יֵשׁ אַחֲרִית וְתִקְוָתְךָ לֹא תִכָּרֵֽת ׃
20אַל ־ תְּהִי בְסֹֽבְאֵי ־ יָיִן בְּזֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר לָֽמוֹ ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10שְׁמַע בְּנִי וְקַח אֲמָרָי וְיִרְבּוּ לְךָ שְׁנוֹת חַיִּֽים ׃
Proverbs 6:6לֵֽךְ ־ אֶל ־ נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָֽם ׃
Proverbs 23:12הָבִיאָה לַמּוּסָר לִבֶּךָ וְאָזְנֶךָ לְאִמְרֵי ־ דָֽעַת ׃
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 →