Proverbs 13:19
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
In Context
20Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: but the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Cross References
Job 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalms 34:14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Proverbs 3:7Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the LORD, and depart from evil:
Proverbs 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Proverbs 29:10The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect: and as for the upright, they seek his life.
Song of Solomon 3:4It was but a little that I passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:19
18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. Note, 1. He that is so proud that he scorns to be taught will certainly be abased. He that refuses the good instruction offered him, as if it were a reflection upon his honour and an abridgment of his liberty, poverty and shame shall be to him: he will become a beggar and live and die in disgrace; every one will despise him as foolish, and stubborn, and ungovernable. 2. He that is so humble that he… Read the whole commentary →