Proverbs 19:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.”
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“Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 19:20 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
- Deuteronomy 8:16He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
- Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
- Psalms 37:37Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
- Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
- Psalms 90:14Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
- Proverbs 1:2for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
- Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
- Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
- Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
- Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
- Proverbs 13:10Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
- Proverbs 15:32He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
- Jeremiah 6:8Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
- Zephaniah 3:7I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
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