Proverbs 2:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

listening closely  to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding;

Cross References

Proverbs 23:12

Apply yourself to discipline and listen to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 18:1

One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound wisdom.

Matthew 13:9

Let anyone who has ears   listen.’

Isaiah 55:3

Pay attention and come to me; listen, so that you will live. I will make a permanent covenant with you on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.  ,

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my mind to know wisdom  and to observe the activity that is done on the earth (even though one’s eyes do not close in sleep day or night),

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one person has authority over another to his harm.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and examine wisdom  and an explanation for things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity and folly is madness.

Acts 17:11

The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined  the Scriptures  daily to see if these things were so.

Proverbs 2:3

furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

Proverbs 4:1

Listen, sons, to a father’s discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,

Proverbs 4:20

My son, pay attention to my words; listen closely to my sayings.

Proverbs 6:32

The one who commits adultery  lacks sense; whoever does so destroys himself.