Verse 12

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

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.