Proverbs 23:19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
In Context
18For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.
20Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
Cross References
Proverbs 4:10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life [are] multiplied to thee.
Proverbs 6:6Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
Proverbs 23:12Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
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 →