Proverbs 16:20
Good News Translation
Pay attention to what you are taught, and you will be successful; trust in the LORD and you will be happy.

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

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

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Proverbs 8:35 But he that shall sin against me shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.

Proverbs 13:15 Good instruction shall give grace: in the way of scorners is a deep pit.

Proverbs 17:2 A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 19:8 But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence, shall find good things.

Proverbs 24:3-5 By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened. . . .

Genesis 41:38-40 And he said to them: Can we find such another man, that is full of the spirit of God? . . .

Daniel 1:19-21 And when the king had spoken to them, there were not found among them all such as Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias: and they stood in the king's presence. . . .

Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

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Proverbs 22:19,20 That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day. . . .

1 Chronicles 5:20 Gave them help. And the Agarites were delivered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called upon God in the battle: and he heard them, because they had put their faith in him.

Psalm 2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way. [13] When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him.

Psalm 34:8 O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him.

Psalm 125:1 A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth

Psalm 146:5 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Isaiah 26:3,4 The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee. . . .

Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Jeremiah 17:7,8 Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence. . . .

Daniel 3:28 For thou hast executed true judgments in all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers: for according to truth and judgment, thou hast brought all these things upon us for our sins.

Daniel 6:23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and he commanded that Daniel should be taken out of the den: and Daniel was taken out of the den, and no hurt was found in him, because he believed in his God.

Ephesians 1:12,13 That we may be unto the praise of his glory: we who before hoped in Christ: . . .

Context
The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
19It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud. 20The learned in word shall find good things: and he that trusteth in the Lord is blessed.21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and he that is sweet in words, shall attain to greater things.…
Cross References
Psalm 2:12
Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way. [13] When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him.

Psalm 32:10
Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.

Psalm 34:8
O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him.

Proverbs 19:8
But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence, shall find good things.

Jeremiah 17:7
Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence.

Proverbs 16:19
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