Proverbs 19:20

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. HEAR COUNSEL, AND RECEIVE (WITH DUE ATTENTION) INSTRUCTION - Hebrew, musar, 'discipline.' THAT THOU MAYEST BE WISE IN THY LATTER END - that, though thy past years have been spent in sinful folly, thy after years may be spent more wisely and happily, and so thy end may be blessed. It is sad when men old in years are senseless children as to true wisdom (). Wisdom is not gotten except by persevering attendance and patient seeking....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 19:1 BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKTH IN HIS INTEGRITY. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7, Proverbs 19:22, _rash, _which signifies "poor" in opposition to "rich." In the present reading of the second clause, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool, there seems to be a failure in antithesis, unless we can understand the fool as a rich fool. This, the repetition of the maxim in Proverbs 28:6 ("Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich"), would lead one to admit. The Vulgate accordingly has, Quam dives torquem

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....

CHAPTER 19:1-19 FURTHER PROVERBS ON PERSONAL INSTRUCTION One may be poor, but walking in integrity, he is far ahead of him who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Then we find proverbs about fretting against the Lord; warning against false witness and speaking lies and other matters. We call special attention to Proverbs 19:12 . _ The King's wrath is as the roaring of a lion._ But his favour is as dew upon the grass. It may be applied to Him who is The Lamb of God and also the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Some day He will roar in His displeasure and manifest the wrath, so well deserved by the world. But even then His grace will be revealed, for in wrath He will remember mercy, the mercy promised to Israel. “I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth its roots as Lebanon”...

PROVERBS 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. PROVERBS 19:1. FOOL: read rich, as in Proverbs 28:6. Proverbs 19:2 a. Both RV and RVm are unsound grammatically. The lit. rendering shows that the clause is defective, Also without knowledge of the soul. is not good. Some verb expressing action is required. Proverbs 19:2 b. sinneth: read _mg._ The idea is more haste less speed.

INSTRUCTION. correction, or discipline....

TEXT Proverbs 19:11-20 11. The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 12. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass. 13. A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. 14. House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah. 15. Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger. 16. He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; But he that is careless of his ways shall die. 17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again. 18. Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction. 19.

19:20 instruction, (f-5) Or 'correction,' 'discipline,' as ch. 1.2....

1. FOOL] read, 'rich' (Proverbs 28:6)....

LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 19 V1 A man may be poor but he still remains honest. He is better than the fool, whose words are false. V2 An unwise man is eager. But he has no knowledge. He is like a man who hurries down the wrong road. V3 A foolish man ruins his own life. But he blames God for his troubl