Proverbs 23:12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 23 connects to 10 cross-references. Warnings about dining with rulers, pursuing wealth, moving boundary stones, and the dangers of wine and the adulteress. The father pleads with his son to listen and buy truth and not sell it. The image of the drunken man who …
Other Translations
Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Cross References
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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