Proverbs 23:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 2:2-6 : 2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge; 3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; 5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
  • Prov 5:1-2 : 1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching: 2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
  • Prov 23:19 : 19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
  • Matt 13:52 : 52 And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.
  • Jas 1:21-25 : 21 For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation. 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas. 23 Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass; 24 For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like. 25 But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    86%

    17Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

    18For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Prov 2:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

    2So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

    3Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

    2So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 23:19
    78%

    19Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

    21Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

  • Prov 18:15
    78%

    15The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

  • Prov 19:27
    77%

    27A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:1
    76%

    1Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

    23The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

  • Prov 23:13
    76%

    13Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    75%

    32Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

    33Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

    8My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

    32He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.

  • Prov 23:26
    74%

    26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Job 34:2
    74%

    2Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;

  • Job 22:22
    74%

    22Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.

  • Prov 8:10
    74%

    10Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

  • Prov 2:10
    74%

    10For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

  • Prov 12:1
    74%

    1A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

  • Prov 7:24
    74%

    24So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;

  • Prov 1:5
    74%

    5(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

  • Job 34:16
    73%

    16If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 1:23
    73%

    23Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

  • Prov 19:20
    73%

    20Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.

  • Prov 1:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

    3To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 23:15
    73%

    15My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

  • Job 36:10
    73%

    10Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

  • Prov 4:10
    72%

    10Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

  • Prov 3:21
    72%

    21My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

  • Prov 5:7
    72%

    7Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

  • Prov 3:1
    72%

    1My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

  • Prov 8:5
    72%

    5Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

  • Prov 22:15
    72%

    15Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • Job 8:10
    71%

    10Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

    14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 15:7
    71%

    7The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.