Proverbs 23:12
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Let thy heart apply itself to instruction and thy ears to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:11
For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee.

Proverbs 23:13
Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.

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Let thy heart apply itself to instruction and thy ears to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way.

Proverbs 2:2-6 For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence: . . .

Proverbs 5:1,2 That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman. . . .

Proverbs 22:17 Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine:

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Matthew 13:52 He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.

James 1:21-25 Wherefore, casting away all uncleanness and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. . . .

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11For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee. 12Let thy heart apply itself to instruction and thy ears to words of knowledge.13Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.…
Lexicon
Apply
הָבִ֣יאָה (hā·ḇî·’āh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

your heart
לִבֶּ֑ךָ (lib·be·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

to instruction
לַמּוּסָ֣ר (lam·mū·sār)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4148: Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint

and your ears
וְ֝אָזְנֶ֗ךָ (wə·’ā·zə·ne·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 241: Broadness, the ear

to words
לְאִמְרֵי־ (lə·’im·rê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 561: Something said

of knowledge.
דָֽעַת׃ (ḏā·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1847: Knowledge


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

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

Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.

Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge.

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

Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
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