Mishle 23:19

19 Hear thou, beni (my son), and be chacham, and guide thine lev straight on the derech.

Mishle 23:19 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:19

Hear thou, my son, and be wise
Hear the instruction of a father, of the word of Wisdom, of the ministers of the Gospel, which is the way to be wise unto salvation; faith comes by hearing; spiritual wisdom, and an increase of it; the Spirit of God, and his gifts and graces; and guide thine heart in the way;
in the way of the Lord, in the way of wisdom and understanding, in the way of truth and faith, in the way of religious worship, in the way of the commandments and ordinances of the Lord; in all which the heart should be guided and directed, or otherwise it will be of no avail.

Mishle 23:19 In-Context

17 Let not thine lev envy chatta’im, but be thou in the Yirat Hashem kol hayom.
18 For surely there is an acharit (latter end, future), and thine tikvah shall not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, beni (my son), and be chacham, and guide thine lev straight on the derech.
20 Be not among yayin gluttons; among gluttonous eaters of basar,
21 For the drunkard and the zolel (glutton) shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe with rags.
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