Proverbs 23:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² Apply thine heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Apply thine heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Apply your mind to instruction and correction and your ears to words of knowledge.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Common English Bible

¹² Bring your mind to instruction, your ear to knowledgeable sayings.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Let your heart enter into doctrine, and let your ears enter into words of knowledge.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² 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.