Proverbs 23:12
Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 2:2-6 : 2 So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God. 6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:
- Prov 5:1-2 : 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
- Prov 22:17 : 17 Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
- Jas 1:21-25 : 21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. 23 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: 24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But he that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
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27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.
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- Prov 16:22-232 verses76%
22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.
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31The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.
32He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.
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- Prov 1:2-32 verses73%
2To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;
3To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;
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10He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
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5O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
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15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.