20 Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

Other Translations of Proverbs 19:20

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

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

The Message

20 Take good counsel and accept correction - that's the way to live wisely and well.

New King James Version

20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter days.

New Living Translation

20 Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 19:20

Commentary on Proverbs 19:20

(Read Proverbs 19:20)

Those that would be wise in their latter end, must be taught and ruled when young.