Proverbs 19:20

20 ¹Listen to counsel and accept discipline, That you may be wise the rest of your days.

Proverbs 19:20 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 19:20

Hear counsel, and receive instruction
Of parents, masters, and ministers; especially the counsel and instruction of Wisdom, of Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of God, the wonderful Counsellor; and of his Gospel and of the Scriptures, which are able to make a man wise unto salvation; that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end;
in the latter end of life, at death; that then it may appear a man has been so wise as to be concerned for a future state, for the good of his soul in another world; by listening to the counsel and instruction of Christ, in his word; by looking to him, and believing in him, for life and salvation; by leaning and living upon him; and committing the affairs of his soul, and the salvation of it, to him.

Proverbs 19:20 In-Context

18 Discipline your son while there is hope, And do not desire his death.

19 A man of great anger will bear the penalty, For if you rescue him, you will only have to do it again.

20 Listen to counsel and accept discipline, That you may be wise the rest of your days.

21 Many plans are in a man's heart, But the counsel of the LORD will stand.

22 What is desirable in a man is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor man than a liar .

Cross References

• 1. Proverbs 4:1; Proverbs 8:33; Proverbs 12:15

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "in your latter end"