Proverbs 19:20

20 audi consilium et suscipe disciplinam ut sis sapiens in novissimis tuis

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 erudi filium tuum ne desperes ad interfectionem autem eius ne ponas animam tuam
19 qui inpatiens est sustinebit damnum et cum rapuerit aliud adponet
20 audi consilium et suscipe disciplinam ut sis sapiens in novissimis tuis
21 multae cogitationes in corde viri voluntas autem Domini permanebit
22 homo indigens misericors est et melior pauper quam vir mendax
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