Proverbs 2:2

The Passion Translation

So train your heart to listen when I speak and open your spirit wide to expand your discernment— then pass it on to your sons and daughters.

Cross References

Psalm 90:12

Help us to remember that our days are numbered, and help us to interpret our lives correctly. Set your wisdom deeply in our hearts so that we may accept your correction.

Proverbs 18:1

An unfriendly person isolates himself and seems to care only about his own issues. For his contempt of sound judgment makes him a recluse.

Proverbs 2:3

Yes, cry out for comprehension and intercede for insight.

Proverbs 23:12

Pay close attention to the teaching that corrects you, and open your heart to every word of instruction.

Proverbs 4:1

Listen to my correction, my sons, for I speak to you as your father. Let discernment enter your heart and you will grow wise with the understanding I impart.

Proverbs 4:20

Listen carefully, my dear child, to everything that I teach you, and pay attention to all that I have to say.

Proverbs 6:32

Don’t be so stupid as to think you can get away with your adultery. It will destroy your life, and you’ll pay the price for the rest of your days.

Isaiah 55:3

Pay attention and come closer to me, and hear, that your total being may flourish. I will enter into an everlasting covenant with you, and I will show you the same faithful love that I showed David.

Matthew 13:9

If you’re able to understand this, then you need to respond.”

Acts 17:11

They found that the Jews of Berea were of more noble character and much more open minded than those of Thessalonica. They were hungry to learn and eagerly received the word. Every day they opened the scrolls of Scripture to search and examine them, to verify that what Paul taught them was true.