Proverbs 16:20 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:20

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 16:20: Note, 1. Prudence gains men respect and success: He that handles a matter wisely (that is master of his trade and makes it to appear he understands what he undertakes, that is considerate in his affairs, and, when he speaks or writes on any subject, does it pertinently) shall find good, shall come into good repute, and perhaps may make a good hand of it. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 16:20: He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good,.... That frames and composes his discourse well on any subject he takes in hand; or manages his affairs prudently and discreetly, in which he is concerned; or that wisely attends to the affair of humility, as Aben Ezra: or rather to the word, that is, to the word of God; is not a careless, negligent, unconcerned...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 16:20: handleth a matter--wisely considers "the word," that is, of God (compare Pro 13:13). trusteth--(Compare Psa 2:12; Psa 118:8-9).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 16:20: Pro 16:20 20 He that giveth heed to the word will find prosperity; And he that trusteth in Jahve, blessed is he! The “word” here is the word κατ ̓ ἐξ., the divine word, for משׂכּיל על־דּבר is the contrast of בּז לדבר, Pro 13:13, cf. Neh 8:13. טוב is meant, as in Pro 17:20, cf.