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Proverbs 23:19
Proverbs 23:19 is verse 19 of Proverbs chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
King James Version
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
World English Bible
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
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Proverbs 23:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 23:12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
Proverbs 4:10Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
Proverbs 4:11I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
Proverbs 4:12When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
Proverbs 4:14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Proverbs 4:20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
Proverbs 4:21Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.