Proverbs 13:19

Desire, if it is [ful] filled, delighteth the soul; fools loathe them that flee evils.

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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

18Neediness and shame is to him that forsaketh teaching; but he that assenteth to a blamer, shall be glorified. (Neediness and shame shall be for him who abandoneth his teaching, or his instruction; but he who assenteth to a rebuker, shall be honoured.)

20He that goeth with wise men, shall be wise, (or He who goeth with the wise, shall be wise); the friend of fools shall be made like them.

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Cross References

Job 28:28And he said to man, Lo! the dread of the Lord, that is wisdom, (or And he said to man, Behold! the fear of the Lord or Behold! reverence for the Lord, that is wisdom); and to go away from evil, (that) is understanding.

Psalms 34:14Turn thou away from evil, and do good; seek thou peace, and perfectly follow thou it.

Proverbs 3:7Be thou not wise with thyself; dread thou God, and go away from evil. (Do not think thyself wise; but fear God or but revere God, and go thou away from evil.)

Proverbs 16:6Wickedness is again-bought by mercy and truth; and men boweth away from evil by the dread of the Lord. (Wickedness is redeemed by love and faithfulness; and people can turn away from evil by the fear of the Lord or through reverence for the Lord.)

Proverbs 29:10Men-quellers hate a simple man; but just men seek his soul. (Murderers hate honest people; but the righteous seek them out.)

Song of Solomon 3:4A little when I had passed them, I found him, whom my soul loveth, (or Then only a little while after that I had left them, I found him, whom my soul loveth); I held him, and I shall not leave him, till I bring him into the house of my mother, and into the (bed-)closet of my mother.

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 →

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