Proverbs 19:20

20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future.

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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 Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction.
19 A man of great wrath will pay the penalty; for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future.
21 Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.
22 What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar.
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