Amsal 8:10

8:10 Receive my instruction ¹  rather than ²  silver,

and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Amsal 19:20

19:20 Listen to advice ³  and receive discipline,

that ⁴  you may become wise ⁵  by the end of your life. ⁶ 

[8:10]  ¹ tn Heb “discipline.” The term refers to instruction that trains with discipline (e.g., Prov 1:2).

[8:10]  ² tn Heb “and not” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “in preference to.”

[19:20]  ³ sn The advice refers in all probability to the teachings of the sages that will make one wise.

[19:20]  ⁴ tn The proverb is one continuous thought, but the second half of the verse provides the purpose for the imperatives of the first half.

[19:20]  ⁵ tn The imperfect tense has the nuance of a final imperfect in a purpose clause, and so is translated “that you may become wise” (cf. NAB, NRSV).

[19:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “become wise in your latter end” (cf. KJV, ASV) which could obviously be misunderstood.