Proverbs 23:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 2:2-6 : 2 To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding, 3 For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, 4 If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her, 5 Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest. 6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
  • Prov 5:1-2 : 1 My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear, 2 To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
  • Prov 23:19 : 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee -- My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.
  • Matt 13:52 : 52 And he said to them, `Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.'
  • Jas 1:21-25 : 21 wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls; 22 and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, 23 because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror, 24 for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was; 25 and he who did look into the perfect law -- that of liberty, and did continue there, this one -- not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work -- this one shall be happy in his doing.

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%

    17Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

    18For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

  • Prov 2:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

    2To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

    3For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

    2To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

  • Prov 23:19
    78%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,

    21Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

  • Prov 18:15
    78%

    15The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

  • Prov 19:27
    77%

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:1
    76%

    1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22A fountain of life `is' understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

    23The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

  • Prov 23:13
    76%

    13Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    75%

    32And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7Fear of Jehovah `is' a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

    8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.

    32Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

  • Prov 23:26
    74%

    26Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

  • Job 34:2
    74%

    2Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

  • Job 22:22
    74%

    22Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

  • Prov 8:10
    74%

    10Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

  • Prov 2:10
    74%

    10For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

  • Prov 12:1
    74%

    1Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof `is' brutish.

  • Prov 7:24
    74%

    24And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 1:5
    74%

    5(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

  • Job 34:16
    73%

    16And if `there is' understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 1:23
    73%

    23Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.

  • Prov 19:20
    73%

    20Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

  • Prov 1:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,

    3For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

  • Prov 23:15
    73%

    15My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

  • Job 36:10
    73%

    10And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

  • Prov 4:10
    72%

    10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee.

  • Prov 3:21
    72%

    21My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

  • Prov 5:7
    72%

    7And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 3:1
    72%

    1My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

  • Prov 8:5
    72%

    5Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

  • Prov 22:15
    72%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

  • Job 8:10
    71%

    10Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

    14The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

  • Prov 15:7
    71%

    7The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools `is' not right.