Bible verse
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
Proverbs 23:19 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 23.
15 My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
16 My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
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.
22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
KJV
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
ASV
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
ERV
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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