Proverbs 19:20
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
מוּסָר
mûwçâr
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
אַחֲרִית
ʼachărîyth
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
Key Terms in This Verse
מוּסָר mûwçâr
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
Study H4148 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →Cross References
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
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;
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
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