Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
New American Standard Bible
That you may be wise
King James Version
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Holman Bible
so that you may be wise later in life.
International Standard Version
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and you'll be wise for the rest of your life.
A Conservative Version
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou may be wise in thy latter end.
Amplified
Listen to counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction,
That you may be wise in the time to come.
Bible in Basic English
Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.
Darby Translation
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Julia Smith Translation
Hear counsel and receive instruction, so that thou shalt be wise in thy latter state.
King James 2000
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Listen [to] advice and accept instruction so that you will gain wisdom for your {future}.
Modern King James verseion
Hear advice, and receive instruction, so that you may be wise in your latter end.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O give ear unto good counsel, and be content to be reformed; that thou mayest be wise here after.
NET Bible
Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.
New Heart English Bible
Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
The Emphasized Bible
Hear counsel, receive correction, that thou mayest be wise in thine after-life.
Webster
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
World English Bible
Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Foolish Son Brings Ruin To Others
19 A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him , thou must do it yet again. 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
Cross References
Psalm 37:37
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a happy end to the man of peace.
Numbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Deuteronomy 8:16
who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:
Deuteronomy 32:29
Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
Psalm 90:12
So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:14
Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 2:1-9
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
Proverbs 4:1
Hear, my'sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
Proverbs 8:34-35
Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
Luke 16:19-23
Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: