Proverbs Chapter 23 verse 19 Holy Bible
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
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Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
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Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
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Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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Listen, my son, and be wise, And keep your heart on the right path!
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Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 19-21. - An exhortation to temperance, as one of the results of the fear of God, prefaced by an exhortation to wisdom. Verse 19. - Hear thou. The pronoun gives force and personality to the injunction (Job 33:33). Guide thine heart in the way. (For אשׁר, "to guide straight," see on Proverbs 4:14) "The way" is the right way, in distinction to the many wrong paths of life - the way of understanding, as it is called (Proverbs 9:6). Septuagint, "Direct aright the thoughts of thy heart," for right thoughts lead to right actions.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) Hear thou, my son, whatever others may do. (Comp. above, on Proverbs 22:19.)Guide thine heart in the way.--That is, of God. (Comp. Isaiah 40:3, and note on Acts 9:2.)
