Proverbs 24:32
Good News Translation
I looked at this, thought about it, and learned a lesson from it:

New Revised Standard Version
Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.

Contemporary English Version
When I saw this, it taught me a lesson:

New American Bible
As I gazed at it, I reflected; I saw and learned a lesson:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

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Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

considered it or set my heart

Job 7:17 What is a man, that thou shouldst magnify him or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?

Psalm 4:4 Be ye angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.

Luke 2:19,51 But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart. . . .

i looked

Deuteronomy 13:11 That all Israel hearing may fear, and may do no more any thing like this.

Deuteronomy 21:21 The people of the city shall stone him: and he shall die, that you may take away the evil out of the midst of you, and all Israel hearing it may be afraid.

Deuteronomy 32:29 O that they would be wise and would understand, and would provide for their last end.

1 Corinthians 10:6,11 Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not covet evil things, as they also coveted. . . .

Context
Further Sayings of the Wise
31And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down. 32Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.33Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.…
Cross References
Proverbs 24:31
And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.

Proverbs 24:33
Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

Proverbs 24:31
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