Proverbs 23:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Apply your mind to instruction and correction and your ears to words of knowledge.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Bring your mind to instruction, your ear to knowledgeable sayings.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Let your heart enter into doctrine, and let your ears enter into words of knowledge.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Let thy heart apply itself to instruction: and thy ears to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:12 Cross References

Proverbs 22:17

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

Proverbs 23:11

For their redeemer is strong; He shall plead their cause against thee.

Proverbs 23:13

Withhold not correction from the child: For if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.

Proverbs 23:19

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thine heart in the way.

Ezekiel 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 do them not: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.

Matthew 13:52

And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.