Proverbs 16:20
New International Version
Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.

New Living Translation
Those who listen to instruction will prosper; those who trust the LORD will be joyful.

English Standard Version
Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

King James Bible
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

New King James Version
He who heeds the word wisely will find good, And whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

New American Standard Bible
One who pays attention to the word will find good, And blessed is one who trusts in the LORD.

NASB 1995
He who gives attention to the word will find good, And blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

NASB 1977
He who gives attention to the word shall find good, And blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

Legacy Standard Bible
He who considers the word will find good, And how blessed is he who trusts in Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
He who pays attention to the word [of God] will find good, And blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who trusts [confidently] in the LORD.

Christian Standard Bible
The one who understands a matter finds success, and the one who trusts in the LORD will be happy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who understands a matter finds success, and the one who trusts in the LORD will be happy.

American Standard Version
He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He that understands the word finds good, and he that trusts upon LORD JEHOVAH is blessed.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He who is skillful in business finds good: but he that trusts in God is most blessed.

Contemporary English Version
If you know what you're doing, you will prosper. God blesses everyone who trusts him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The learned in word shall find good things: and he that trusteth in the Lord is blessed.

English Revised Version
He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whoever gives attention to the LORD's word prospers, and blessed is the person who trusts the LORD.

Good News Translation
Pay attention to what you are taught, and you will be successful; trust in the LORD and you will be happy.

International Standard Version
Whoever listens to a word of instruction prospers, and anyone who trusts in the LORD is blessed.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

Literal Standard Version
The wise in any matter finds good, | And whoever is trusting in YHWH, O his blessedness.

Majority Standard Bible
Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

New American Bible
Whoever ponders a matter will be successful; happy the one who trusts in the LORD!

NET Bible
The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
Those who are attentive to a matter will prosper, and happy are those who trust in the LORD.

New Heart English Bible
He who heeds the word finds prosperity, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoever trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

World English Bible
He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

Young's Literal Translation
The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.

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Context
The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
19It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud. 20Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. 21The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.…

Cross References
Psalm 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

Psalm 32:10
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.

Psalm 34:8
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

Proverbs 19:8
He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.

Jeremiah 17:7
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.


Treasury of Scripture

He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

handleth

Proverbs 8:35
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

whoso

Proverbs 22:19,20
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee…

1 Chronicles 5:20
And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

Psalm 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

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(20) He that handleth a matter wisely.--Or, perhaps, he that attendeth to the word of God. (Comp. Proverbs 13:13.)

Verse 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)."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Whoever heeds
מַשְׂכִּ֣יל (maś·kîl)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7919: To be, circumspect, intelligent

instruction
דָּ֭בָר (dā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

will find
יִמְצָא־ (yim·ṣā-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

success,
ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

and blessed
אַשְׁרָֽיו׃ (’aš·rāw)
Interjection | third person masculine singular
Strong's 835: Happiness, interjection, how happy!

is he who trusts
וּבוֹטֵ֖חַ (ū·ḇō·w·ṭê·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure

in the LORD.
בַּיהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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