Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 22:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The words of the wise: Incline your ear and hear my words and apply your mind to my teaching, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thine heart unto my knowledge. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Listen (consent and submit) to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge; American Standard Version (1901) Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge. Common English Bible Turn your ear and hear the words of the wise; focus your mind on my knowledge. Catholic Public Domain Version Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Then apply your heart to my doctrine. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine: |
Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
for gaining instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;
My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings that are given by one shepherd.
I turned my mind to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the sum of things and to know that wickedness is folly and that foolishness is madness.
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, how one’s eyes see sleep neither day nor night,
All this I observed, applying my mind to all that is done under the sun, while one person exercises authority over another to the other’s hurt.
Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”