Proverbs 23:12
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
- KJV
- Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
- WEB
- Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
- ASV
- Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
- DARBY
- Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
- BLB
- You must bring your heart to discipline, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
- ÅB
- Bøy ditt hjerte til tukt og dine ører til kunnskaps ord!
- OTB
- Forplikt deg til undervisning og lytt til kunnskapens ord.
- B1930
- Bøi ditt hjerte til tukt og dine ører til kunnskaps ord!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 5:1–2
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Read in contextProverbs 2:2–6
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Read in contextProverbs 23:19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Read in contextJames 1:21–25
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Read in contextEzekiel 33:31
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Read in contextMatthew 13:52
Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Read in contextProverbs 22:17
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
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