Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. – Proverbs 19:20 (NIV)
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. – Proverbs 19:20 (KJV)
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Theme: True Wisdom
It takes humility to accept advice and discipline with an open heart and an open mind. Sometimes our egos make it hard to admit we need help or, even harder, to admit we were wrong when we received discipline. But Solomon, who “was wiser than all men” (1 Kings 4:31), tells us in Proverbs 19:20 that being willing to accept advice and discipline is key to gaining true wisdom.
That said, it’s important to note that not all advice is good and Godly advice! An atheist who recommends against prayer is obviously not offering advice we should take. What’s implied in Proverbs 19:20, however, is that we should listen to wise counsel from Godly influences in our lives—Godly parents and family members, Christian friends and church leaders, etc.—so that in the end we “will be counted among the wise.”
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