Proverbs 2:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Turning your ear to wisdom, inclining your heart to understanding;

Cross References

Proverbs 23:12

Apply your heart to instruction, and your ear to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 18:1

One who is alienated seeks a pretext, with all persistence picks a quarrel.

Psalm 90:12

Teach us to count our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart.

Matthew 13:9

Whoever has ears ought to hear.” The Purpose of Parables.

Isaiah 55:3

Pay attention and come to me; listen, that you may have life. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the steadfast loyalty promised to David.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, though neither by day nor by night do one’s eyes see sleep,

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All these things I saw and I applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun, while one person tyrannizes over another for harm. The Problem of Retribution.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I turned my heart toward knowledge; I sought and pursued wisdom and its design, and I recognized that wickedness is foolishness and folly is madness. Critique of Advice on Women.

Acts 17:11

These Jews were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all willingness and examined the scriptures daily to determine whether these things were so.

Proverbs 2:3

Yes, if you call for intelligence, and to understanding raise your voice;

Proverbs 4:1

Hear, O children, a father’s instruction, be attentive, that you may gain understanding!

Proverbs 4:20

My son, to my words be attentive, to my sayings incline your ear;

Proverbs 6:32

But those who commit adultery have no sense; those who do it destroy themselves.