Proverbs 2:2

New English Translation

by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,

Cross References

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.

Proverbs 18:1

One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.

Proverbs 2:3

indeed, if you call out for discernment – raise your voice for understanding –

Proverbs 23:12

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 4:1

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

Proverbs 4:20

My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

Proverbs 6:32

A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I tried to gain wisdom and to observe the activity on earth – even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night –

Ecclesiastes 8:9

While applying my mind to everything that happens in this world, I have seen all this: Sometimes one person dominates other people to their harm.

Isaiah 55:3

Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.

Matthew 13:9

The one who has ears had better listen!”

Acts 17:11

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.