Proverbs 19:20
Hear counsel, receive correction, that thou mayest be wise in thine after-life.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
In Context
21Many are the devices in a man’s heart, but, the counsel of Yahweh, that, shall stand.
Cross References
Numbers 23:10Who hath counted the dust of Jacob? Or who hath numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my hereafter be like his!
Deuteronomy 32:29If they had been wise, they would have understood this,—They would have given heed to their here-after!
Psalms 90:12How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.
Proverbs 1:2For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence;
Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;
Proverbs 8:34How happy the man that doth hearken to me,—keeping guard at my doors, day by day, watching at the posts of my gates;
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 →