Proverbs Chapter 16 verse 20 Holy Bible
He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.
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He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.
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He that giveth heed to the word shall find good; and whoso confideth in Jehovah, happy is he.
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He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
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He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.
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The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - He that handleth a matter wisely. Dabar, translated "matter," is better rendered "word," as in Proverbs 13:13, with which passage the present is in contrast. Thus Revised Version, he that giveth heed unto the word. Shall find good; Vulgate, eruditus in verbo reperiet bona. The "Word" is the Law of God; he who attends to this shall prosper. The rendering of the Authorized Version is supported by the Septuagint, "The man prudent in affairs is a finder of good things;" he attends to his business, and thinks out the best mode of accomplishing his plans, and therefore succeeds in a worldly sense (comp. Proverbs 17:20). Whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he; or, hail to him, as in Proverbs 14:21. To heed the Word and to trust in the Lord are correlative things; handling a matter wisely can hardly belong to the same category. The Septuagint contrasts the worldly success of one who manages business wisely and discreetly with the blessedness of him who, when he has done all, commits his cause to God and trusts wholly to him: "He who hath trusted in the Lord is blessed (μακαριστός)."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) He that handleth a matter wisely.--Or, perhaps, he that attendeth to the word of God. (Comp. Proverbs 13:13.)
