Proverbs 19:20
Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
In Context
19A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.
21Many [are] the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.
Cross References
Numbers 23:10Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!'
Deuteronomy 32:29If they were wise — They deal wisely [with] this; They attend to their latter end:
Psalms 90:12To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
Proverbs 1:2For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
Proverbs 8:34O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.
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 →