Proverbs 23:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 2:2-6 : 2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding, 3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding: 4 If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures, 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.
  • Prov 5:1-2 : 1 My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge. 2 That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
  • Prov 23:19 : 19 O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 For they come vnto thee, as the people vseth to come: and my people sit before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they will not doe them: for with their mouthes they make iestes, and their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.
  • Matt 13:52 : 52 Then sayd hee vnto them, Therefore euery Scribe which is taught vnto the kingdome of heauen, is like vnto an householder, which bringeth foorth out of his treasure things both newe and olde.
  • Jas 1:21-25 : 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules. 22 And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues. 23 For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse. 24 For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was. 25 But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    86%

    17Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.

    18For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.

  • Prov 2:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

    2And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

    3(For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.

    2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

  • Prov 23:19
    78%

    19O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

    21Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.

  • Prov 18:15
    78%

    15A wise heart getteth knowledge, and the eare of the wise seeketh learning.

  • Prov 19:27
    77%

    27My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:1
    76%

    1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22Vnderstading is welspring of life vnto them that haue it: and the instruction of fooles is folly.

    23The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.

  • Prov 23:13
    76%

    13Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    75%

    32Therefore nowe hearken, O children, vnto me: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.

    33Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not:

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31The eare that hearkeneth to the correction of life, shall lodge among the wise.

    32Hee that refuseth instruction, despiseth his owne soule: but he that obeyeth correction, getteth vnderstanding.

  • Prov 23:26
    74%

    26My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.

  • Job 34:2
    74%

    2Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.

  • Job 22:22
    74%

    22Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.

  • Prov 8:10
    74%

    10Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.

  • Prov 2:10
    74%

    10When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,

  • Prov 12:1
    74%

    1He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole.

  • Prov 7:24
    74%

    24Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 1:5
    74%

    5A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

  • Job 34:16
    73%

    16And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.

  • Prov 1:23
    73%

    23(Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)

  • Prov 19:20
    73%

    20Heare counsell and receiue instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter ende.

  • Prov 1:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

    3To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

  • Prov 23:15
    73%

    15My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also.

  • Job 36:10
    73%

    10He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth them that they returne fro iniquity.

  • Prov 4:10
    72%

    10Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

  • Prov 3:21
    72%

    21My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.

  • Prov 5:7
    72%

    7Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 3:1
    72%

    1My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

  • Prov 8:5
    72%

    5O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.

  • Prov 22:15
    72%

    15Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.

  • Job 8:10
    71%

    10Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

    14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.

  • Prov 15:7
    71%

    7The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.