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Listenשְׁמַעto counselעֵצָהand receiveוְקַבֵּלcorrection,מוּסָרso thatלְמַעַןyou may become wiseתֶּחְכַּםin your end.בְּאַחֲרִיתֶךָ
Proverbs 19:20
Study it in the app“Listen to counsel and receive correction, so that you may become wise in your end.”
Listen to advice, and remember YHWH's plan is the one that standsGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 19:20, word by word
- Listenשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- to counselעֵצָהetsa
counsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “etsa” appears- and receiveקַבֵּלkabel
receive
To take on something, good or bad.
Where else “kabel” appears- correctionמוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- you may become wiseתֶּחְכַּםtechkam
be wise
Be wise, act wisely; in Exodus 1:10, act shrewdly.
Where else “techkam” appears- in your endאַחֲרִיתֶacharite
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharite” appears
The context
19One great in wrath will bear the penalty; for if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
20 · This verse (above)
21Many are the plans in the heart of a man, but the counsel of YHWH, it will stand.