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Proverbs 19

Prov. 19:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
counsel
`etsah (Hebrew #6098)
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
KJV usage: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Pronounce: ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
, and receive
qabal (Hebrew #6901)
to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-)take.
Pronounce: kaw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
instruction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
, thatm thou mayest be wise
chakam (Hebrew #2449)
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV usage: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Pronounce: khaw-kam'
in thy latter end
'achariyth (Hebrew #319)
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
KJV usage: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
Pronounce: akh-ar-eeth'
Origin: from 310
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Deut. 32:29• 29Oh that they had been wise!{HR}They would have understood this;{HR}They would have considered their latter end!{HR} (Deut. 32:29)
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Psa. 90:12,14• 12To number our days thus make [us] know,{HR}And we will get us a heart of wisdom.
 14Satisfy us in the morning with thy mercy,{HR}And we will rejoice and be glad all our days. (Psa. 90:12,14)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 1:8• 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father,{HR}And forsake not the law of thy mother; (Prov. 1:8)
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Prov. 2:1‑9• 1My son, if thou wilt receive my words,{HR}And lay up my commandments with thee;
 2So that thou wilt incline thine ear to wisdom,{HR}And apply thy heart to understanding;
 3Yea if thou cry after discernment,{HR}[And] lift up thy voice for understanding;
 4If thou seek her as silver{HR}And search for her as for hid treasures;
 5Then shalt thou apprehend the fear of Jehovah,{HR}And find the knowledge of God.
 6For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
 7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright,{HR}A shield to those that walk in integrity;
 8Guarding the paths of just judgment{HR}And keeping the way of his saints.
 9Then thou shalt understand righteousness{HR}And judgment and equity—every good path. (Prov. 2:1‑9)
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Prov. 8:34‑35• 34Blessed [is] the man that heareth me,{HR}Watching daily at my gates,{HR}Waiting at the posts of my doors.
 35For whoso findeth me findeth life,{HR}And shall obtain favour of Jehovah. (Prov. 8:34‑35)
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Num. 23:10• 10Who can count the dust of Jacob,{HR}And the number of the fourth part of Israel?{HR}Let me die the death of the righteous,{HR}And let my last end be like his! (Num. 23:10)
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Deut. 8:16• 16who 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. 8:16)
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Deut. 32:29• 29Oh that they had been wise!{HR}They would have understood this;{HR}They would have considered their latter end!{HR} (Deut. 32:29)
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Psa. 37:37• 37Mark the perfect [man]{HR}And behold the upright [man],{HR}For the end to [that] man [is] peace. (Psa. 37:37)
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Psa. 90:12,14• 12To number our days thus make [us] know,{HR}And we will get us a heart of wisdom.
 14Satisfy us in the morning with thy mercy,{HR}And we will rejoice and be glad all our days. (Psa. 90:12,14)
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Luke 16:19‑23• 19Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
 20And [there was] a poor man named Lazarus, [who] lay at his gateway full of sores,
 21and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; nay, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
 22And it came to pass that the poor man died, and was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died, and was buried.
 23And in Hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (Luke 16:19‑23)
• He who is wise values instruction, especially when it is of an authoritative character. (“Proverbs Nineteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "correction," "discipline," as ch. 1.2.

W. Kelly Translation

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Hear counsel and receive instruction,{HR}That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.