Proverbs 22:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ The words of the wise: Incline your ear and hear my words and apply your mind to my teaching,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Listen (consent and submit) to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Turn your ear and hear the words of the wise; focus your mind on my knowledge.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Then apply your heart to my doctrine.

Proverbs 22:17 Cross References

Proverbs 23:12

Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 3:1

My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

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.

Proverbs 1:3

for gaining instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;

Matthew 17:5

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!”

Ecclesiastes 8:9

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.

Isaiah 55:3

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.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

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,

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise: Partiality in judging is not good.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings that are given by one shepherd.

Psalm 78:1

Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.