Proverbs 2:2 - American Standard Version 2015

² So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom,\par\tab And apply thy heart to understanding;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thine heart to understanding;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Making your ear attentive to skillful and godly Wisdom and inclining and directing your heart and mind to understanding [applying all your powers to the quest for it];

American Standard Version (1901)

² So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

Common English Bible

² Turn your ear toward wisdom, and stretch your mind toward understanding.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² so that your ears may listen to wisdom, then bend your heart in order to know prudence.

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Psalm 90:12

So teach us to number our days,\par\tab That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

Proverbs 18:1

He that separateth himself seeketh {\i his own} desire,\par\tab And rageth against all sound wisdom.

Proverbs 2:3

Yea, if thou cry after discernment,\par\tab And lift up thy voice for understanding;

Proverbs 23:12

Apply thy heart unto instruction,\par\tab And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 4:1

Hear, {\i my} sons, the instruction of a father,\par\tab And attend to know understanding:

Proverbs 4:20

My son, attend to my words;\par\tab Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Proverbs 6:32

He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding:\par\tab He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I turned about, and my heart {\i was set} to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason {\i of things}, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: {\i there is} a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Matthew 13:9

He that hath ears, let him hear.}\par

Acts 17:11

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.