Proverbs 19:20
in Proverbs 19Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
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ASV
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
KJV
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
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This verse in Proverbs 19
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Listen to counsel and accept discipline
on Proverbs 19:20-22
"Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail," setting human planning against divine purpose. "The desire of a man is loving devotion," and it is "better to be poor than a liar," character again outweighing condition.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Hear counsel, and receive instruction,....
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁמַ֣ע | shema' | listen to | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| עֵ֭צָה | ʾetzah | counsel | H6098 → | 89 times |
| וְקַבֵּ֣ל | vekabel | and accept | H6901 → | |
| מוּסָ֑ר | musar | correction | H4148 → | 50 times |
| לְ֝מַ֗עַן | lemaan | so that | H4616 → | 272 times |
| תֶּחְכַּ֥ם | techkam | you may become wise | H2449 → | 27 times |
| בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃ | beacharitekha | in end your | H319 → | 61 times |
שְׁמַ֣עlisten to
shema'H8085 →1159 times
עֵ֭צָהcounsel
ʾetzahH6098 →89 times
וְקַבֵּ֣לand accept
vekabelH6901 →
מוּסָ֑רcorrection
musarH4148 →50 times
לְ֝מַ֗עַןso that
lemaanH4616 →272 times
תֶּחְכַּ֥םyou may become wise
techkamH2449 →27 times
בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃in end your
beacharitekhaH319 →61 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:7
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
- Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
- Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
- Proverbs 16:2
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
- Proverbs 3:7
Through
Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
it leads to
- Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
- Proverbs 6:20
Through
Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
it leads to
- Hebrews 2:1
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Psalms 34:11
Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- Hebrews 2:1
Where this verse is studied
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).