Proverbs 19:20

20 Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

Proverbs 19:20 in Other Translations

20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.

20 Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life.

20 Take good counsel and accept correction - that's the way to live wisely and well.

20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise in later life.

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 children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.

19 A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty; rescue them, and you will have to do it again.

20 Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.

22 What a person desires is unfailing love ; better to be poor than a liar.

Cross References

• 1. Proverbs 4:1
• 2. S Proverbs 12:15