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Proverbs 23

Proverbs 23:12

True Riches · Proverbs 23:1–35
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Translations

Modern
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Traditional
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Literal
You must bring your heart to discipline, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Latin
Ingrediatur ad doctrinam cor tuum, et aures tuæ ad verba scientiæ.

Interlinear

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

Notes

Proverbs 23:12

Saying 11: Listen carefully: Learning helps you improve (see Proverbs 10:17; 13:1, 10; 15:24, 31–32; 17:10; 19:24).

Proverbs 22:17–24:22

This section is attributed to a group known as the wise, but their identity is unknown. There is a mention of thirty sayings (Proverbs 22:20). The wisdom sayings that follow can be divided into thirty sections. These sections are similar to an Egyptian work called the Instruction of Amenemope, which is also divided into thirty chapters.

Parallels

1 Timothy 6:17–19 James 5:1–6

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Proverbs, Book of

Topics

Instruction: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Wisdom: Spiritual: Unclassified Scriptures Relating to