Proverbs 19:20
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
KJV
Audi consilium, et suscipe disciplinam, ut sis sapiens in novissimis tuis.
Vulgate
φόβος Κυρίου εἰς ζωὴν ἀνδρί, ὁ δὲ ἄφοβος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τόποις οὗ οὐκ ἐπισκοπεῖται γνῶσις.
LXX
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
ASV
שְׁמַ֣ע עֵ֭צָה וְ/קַבֵּ֣ל מוּסָ֑ר לְ֝מַ֗עַן תֶּחְכַּ֥ם בְּ/אַחֲרִיתֶֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הּ
h
noun · 61×
יֶחְכַּם
ychkm
verb · 28×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
מַקְבִּילֹת֙
mqbylt
verb · 14×
מוּסָ֑ר
mvsr
noun · 50×
עֲצַ֥ת
'tst
verb · 90×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 12:8 — But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
- Deut 8:16 — Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
- Deut 32:29 — O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- Ezek 3:10 — Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
- Job 8:7 — Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
- Luke 16:19 — There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- Num 23:10 — Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
- Prov 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Prov 2:1 — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- Prov 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
- Prov 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
- Prov 8:34 — Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
- Prov 12:15 — The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
- Prov 12:15 — The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
- Prov 13:10 — Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
- Prov 15:5 — A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
- Prov 15:31 — The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
- Ps 37:37 — Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
- Ps 90:12 — So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
- Ps 90:14 — O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.