Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Hear counsel, and receive (with due attention) instruction - Hebrew, musar, 'discipline.'
That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end - that, though thy past years have been spent in sinful folly, thy after years may be spent more wisely and happily, and so thy end may be blessed. It is sad when men old in years are senseless children as to true wisdom (Ecclesiastes 10:16). Wisdom is not gotten except by persevering attendance and patient seeking.