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Proverbs 19:20

Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.

Proverbs 19:20 · Bible in Basic English

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Proverbs 19:20 in other translations

KJV King James Version

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

WEB World English Bible

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

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17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

19 A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

20 Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.

21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

22 The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

23 The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

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