Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path: New Living Translation My child, listen and be wise: Keep your heart on the right course. English Standard Version Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way. Berean Standard Bible Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. King James Bible Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. New King James Version Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way. New American Standard Bible Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way. NASB 1995 Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way. NASB 1977 Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way. Legacy Standard Bible You, my son, listen and be wise, And direct your heart in the way. Amplified Bible Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way [of the LORD]. Christian Standard Bible Listen, my son, and be wise; keep your mind on the right course. Holman Christian Standard Bible Listen, my son, and be wise; keep your mind on the right course. American Standard Version Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Hear, my son, and be wise, and set up my doctrine in your heart. Brenton Septuagint Translation Hear, my son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart. Contemporary English Version Listen to me, my children! Be wise and have enough sense to follow the right path. Douay-Rheims Bible Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way. English Revised Version Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. GOD'S WORD® Translation My son, listen, be wise, and keep your mind going in the right direction. Good News Translation Listen, my child, be wise and give serious thought to the way you live. International Standard Version Listen, my son, and be wise, commit yourself to live God's way. JPS Tanakh 1917 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way. Literal Standard Version Hear, my son, and be wise, | And make your heart blessed in the way, Majority Standard Bible Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. New American Bible Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the right way. NET Bible Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way. New Revised Standard Version Hear, my child, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way. New Heart English Bible Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path. Webster's Bible Translation Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way. World English Bible Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path! Young's Literal Translation Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context True Riches…18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. 19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. 20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.… Cross References Deuteronomy 4:9 Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life. Proverbs 6:6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Proverbs 9:6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding." Treasury of Scripture Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way. and guide Proverbs 23:12,26 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge… Proverbs 4:10-23 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many… in the way or 'in the right way' Jump to Previous Direct Ear Guide Guiding Happy Hear Heart Mind Path Right Way WiseJump to Next Direct Ear Guide Guiding Happy Hear Heart Mind Path Right Way WiseProverbs 23 1. Consider carefully what is before you(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.) Verses 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.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Listen,שְׁמַע־ (šə·ma‘-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently my son, בְנִ֣י (ḇə·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1121: A son and be wise, וַחֲכָ֑ם (wa·ḥă·ḵām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 2449: To be wise and guide וְאַשֵּׁ֖ר (wə·’aš·šêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 833: To be straight, to go forward, be honest, proper your heart לִבֶּֽךָ׃ (lib·be·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre on the right course. בַּדֶּ֣רֶךְ (bad·de·reḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action Links Proverbs 23:19 NIVProverbs 23:19 NLT Proverbs 23:19 ESV Proverbs 23:19 NASB Proverbs 23:19 KJV Proverbs 23:19 BibleApps.com Proverbs 23:19 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 23:19 Chinese Bible Proverbs 23:19 French Bible Proverbs 23:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 23:19 Listen my son and be wise (Prov. 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