Proverbs 19:20

New International Reader's Version

Listen to advice and accept correction. In the end you will be counted among those who are wise.

Cross References

Psalm 37:37

Consider honest people who are without blame. People who seek peace will have a tomorrow.

Psalm 90:12

Teach us to realize how short our lives are. Then our hearts will become wise.

Psalm 90:14

Satisfy us with your faithful love every morning. Then we can sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Proverbs 1:2

Proverbs teach you wisdom and instruct you. They help you understand wise sayings.

Proverbs 1:3

They provide you with instruction and help you live wisely. They lead to what is right and honest and fair.

Proverbs 1:8

My son, listen to your father’s advice. Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 12:15

The way of foolish people seems right to them. But those who are wise listen to advice.

Proverbs 13:10

Where there is arguing, there is pride. But those who take advice are wise.

Proverbs 15:32

Those who turn away from correction hate themselves. But anyone who accepts correction gains understanding.

Proverbs 19:19

A person with a bad temper must pay for it. If you save them, you will have to do it again.

Proverbs 4:1

My sons, listen to a father’s teaching. Pay attention and gain understanding.

Proverbs 8:14

I have good sense and give good advice. I have understanding and power.

Proverbs 8:33

Listen to my teaching and be wise. Don’t turn away from it.

Jeremiah 6:8

Jerusalem, listen to my warning. If you do not, I will turn away from you. Your land will become a desert. No one will be able to live there.”

Zephaniah 3:7

Here is what I thought about Jerusalem. ‘Surely you will have respect for me. Surely you will accept my warning.’ Then the city you think is safe would not be destroyed. And I would not have to punish you so much. But they still wanted to go on sinning in every way they could.

Numbers 23:10

Jacob’s people are like the dust of the earth. Can dust be counted? Who can count even a fourth of the Israelites? Let me die as godly people die. Let my death be like theirs!”

Deuteronomy 32:29

I wish they were wise. Then they would understand what’s coming. They’d realize what would happen to them in the end.

Deuteronomy 8:16

He gave you manna to eat in the desert. Your people had never even known anything about manna before. The Lord took your pride away. He tested you. He did it so that things would go well with you in the end.