20 Hear counsel and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

21 Many devices are in a [a]man’s heart: but the counsel of the Lord shall stand.

22 That that is to be desired of a man, is his [b]goodness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:21 Man’s device shall not have success, except God govern it, whose purpose is unchangeable.
  2. Proverbs 19:22 That is, that he be honest: for the poor man that is honest, is to be esteemed above the rich which is not virtuous.

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