Proverbs 19:20

Modern English Version

Listen to counsel and accept instruction, that you may be wise in your future.

Cross References

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Psalm 90:14

Satisfy us in the early morning with Your mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Proverbs 1:2

To know wisdom and instruction, to perceive the words of understanding,

Proverbs 1:3

to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity;

Proverbs 1:8

My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

Proverbs 13:10

By pride comes only contention, but with the teachable is wisdom.

Proverbs 15:32

He who refuses instruction despises his own soul, but he who heeds reproof gains understanding.

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great temper will pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you must do it again.

Proverbs 4:1

Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father, and be attentive, that you may gain understanding,

Proverbs 8:14

Counsel and sound wisdom are mine; I have understanding; I have power.

Proverbs 8:33

Listen to instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.

Jeremiah 6:8

Be instructed, O Jerusalem, lest My soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited.

Zephaniah 3:7

I said, “Surely you will fear Me; and you will receive correction.” So her dwelling will not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed against her. But they were more eager to corrupt all their deeds.

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob and the number of one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!”

Deuteronomy 32:29

Would that they were wise, so that they understood this, so that they would comprehend their future!

Deuteronomy 8:16

who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might prove you, to do good for you in the end.