Proverbs 19:20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:20

Note, 1. It is well with those that are wise in their latter end, wise for their latter end, for their future state, wise for another world, that are found wise when their latter end comes, wise virgins, wise builders, wise stewards, that are wise at length, and understand the things that belong to their peace, before they be hidden from their eyes. A carnal worldling at his end shall be a fool (Jer. 17:11), but godliness will prove wisdom at last. 2. Those that would be wise in their latter... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:20

Hear counsel, and receive instruction ,.... Of parents, masters, and ministers; especially the counsel and instruction of Wisdom, of Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of God, the wonderful Counsellor; and of his Gospel and of the Scriptures, which are able to make a man wise unto salvation; that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end ; in the latter end of life, at death; that then it may appear a man has been so wise as to be concerned for a future state, for the good of his soul in another... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:18-21

The true prudence I. IN THE PARENTAL RELATION . ( Proverbs 19:18 .) 1 . The necessity of discipline. The exuberance of youth needs the hand of the pruner; the wildness of the colt must be early tamed, or never. Weak indulgence is the worst unkindness to children. 2 . The unwisdom of excessive severity. Cruelty is not discipline; too great sharpness is as bed as the other extreme. Children are thus made base, induced to take up with bad company, and to surfeit and run... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:20

(Comp. Proverbs 8:10 ; Proverbs 12:15 .) The Septuagint directs the maxim to children, "Hear, O son, the instruction of thy father." That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. Wisdom gathered and digested in youth is seen in the prudence and intelligence of manhood and old age. Job 8:7 , "Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase." Ecclesiasticus 25:6, "O how comely is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men of honour! Much... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:20

Ready at the end The wise man always shows his wisdom by looking well before him. It is the sure mark of a fool to content himself with the immediate present. We do not wonder that proverbs should deal much with the future. "Passion and Patience" is the picture which is always being exhibited before the eyes of men. I. THE NEED OF READINESS AT THE END . "How shall we enjoy the present time?" asks one; "How shall we make ready for the end?" asks another and a wiser soul.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 19:20

Proverbs 19:20. Hear counsel, &c. Be willing to be taught and ruled; to be advised and reproved, when thou art young; that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end Before thy death come. Which he adds, not exclusively, as if a man ought not to be wise before, but emphatically, to show that how foolishly soever he may have spent his former and younger years, it highly and especially concerns him to be wise before it is too late, or before death comes. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:1-29

Lessons heeded and ignored (19:1-29)Moral uprightness is more important than wealth, and wise action is more important than hasty action. People are foolish when they blame God for the trouble they bring upon themselves through their own mistakes (19:1-3).Often the reason the rich have many friends is that these ‘friends’ hope to gain personally from their wealth or influence (4-6). The poor lose their friends, though in a sense they are rich if they maintain their understanding (7-8). People... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 19:20

instruction = correction, or discipline. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 19:20

"Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.""There is a contrast here between two periods of a man's life, the earlier part which has been undisciplined, and that which is yet future, on behalf of which the appeal to Hear instruction is directed."[16] read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 19:20

20. (Compare :-). latter end— ( :-). In youth prepare for age. read more

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