Proverbs 23:12 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 23:12

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

KJV

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ASV

Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

WEB

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

YLT

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

DBT

Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

About this book

Old Testament

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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9 verses on the floor

Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Isaiah 34:16
Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Proverbs 5:1–2
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Proverbs 2:2–6
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Proverbs 23:19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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While there is little danger that the use of the "divine ordinance of the rod" will produce bodily harm, there is great hope of spiritual good. The pleasure afforded the teacher by the pupil's progress is a motive to diligence.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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