Proverbs 23:12

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

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WEBBE

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

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.

ASV

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

BBE

Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 12–16

Here is a parent instructing his child to give his mind to the Scriptures. Here is a parent correcting his child: accompanied with prayer, and blessed of God, it may prove a means of preventing his destruction. Here is a parent encouraging his child, telling him what would be for his good. And what a comfort it would be, if herein he answered his expectation!

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.