Proverbs 22:17

New International Version

Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,

Cross References

Psalm 78:1

My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.

Psalm 90:12

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Proverbs 1:3

for receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair;

Proverbs 23:12

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

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:

Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the labor that is done on earth—people getting no sleep day or night—

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.

Isaiah 55:3

Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”