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King James Version
Proverbs 22:17
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Listen closely, pay attention to the words of the wise,and apply your mind to my knowledge.
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,
Extend your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge;
Listen carefully to what wise people say; pay attention to what I am teaching you.
Listen carefully and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge;
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,And set your heart on my knowledge;
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise-apply your mind to my knowledge-
Here are some sayings of people with wisdom, so listen carefully as I teach.
Pay attention, and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge;
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
Listen carefully to these words from the wise. Pay attention to what I have learned.
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
Listen, and I will teach you what the wise have said. Study their teachings,
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise; you shall apply your heart to my teaching.
Stretch your ear and hear the words of the wise, and set your heart to my knowledge,
My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne:
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
Bow downe thine eare, and heare the words of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine:
Incline thine ear to the words of wise men: hear also my word, and apply thine heart,
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
My sone, bowe doun thin eere, and here thou the wordis of wise men; but sette thou the herte to my techyng.
Words of the Wise. Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge.
Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.
Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my instruction.
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge;
Listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my instruction.
Turn your ear and hear the words of the wise, and open your mind to what they teach.
The words of the wise: Incline your ear and hear my words, and apply your mind to my teaching;
Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching;
Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine:
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;
Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
Exploit the poor or glad-hand the rich—whichever, you'll end up the poorer for it. Listen carefully to my wisdom; take to heart what I can teach you. You'll treasure its sweetness deep within; you'll give it bold expression in your speech. To make sure your foundation is trust in God , I'm laying it all out right now just for you. I'm giving you thirty sterling principles— tested guidelines to live by. Believe me—these are truths that work, and will keep you accountable to those who sent you.
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Bow: Proverbs 2:2-5, Proverbs 5:1, Proverbs 5:2
and hear: Proverbs 1:3, Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 4:4-8, Proverbs 8:33, Proverbs 8:34, Isaiah 55:3, Matthew 17:5
apply: Proverbs 23:12, Psalms 90:12, Ecclesiastes 7:25, Ecclesiastes 8:9, Ecclesiastes 8:16
Reciprocal: Exodus 7:23 - neither Psalms 31:2 - Bow Psalms 49:3 - mouth Proverbs 4:1 - attend Proverbs 5:7 - Hear Proverbs 10:17 - the way Proverbs 16:23 - heart Ecclesiastes 10:12 - words Ecclesiastes 12:10 - written Matthew 13:52 - which Luke 6:45 - good man Acts 18:26 - expounded Colossians 4:6 - your
Cross-References
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,.... Here begins a new part or division of this book. According to some, the "third"; the "first" ending with Proverbs 9:18, the "second" at
Proverbs 22:16, and a "third", beginning here, and ending with
Proverbs 24:34. It is certain that what follows from hence to the end of that is written in another style, by way of exhortation, caution; and instruction, and is directed to particular persons: as here an exhortation is made to Solomon's son, or to those that attended his instruction; or rather to the children of Wisdom, that is, Christ; to listen attentively to "the words of the wise"; of Solomon, and other wise men before him, or contemporary with him; or rather of Wisdom and her maidens, Christ, and the wise men sent by him; who are made wise to salvation, and furnished for every good work by him, from whom the words of the wise come; and who speak the wisdom of God in a mystery; and whose doctrines are to be heard and received, not as the word of men, but as the word of God;
and apply thine heart unto my knowledge; the knowledge of divine and spiritual things Christ instructs in, and the knowledge of himself; which is preferable to all other knowledge, and to thousands of gold and silver; and in comparison of which all things are but loss and dung; and therefore should be applied unto with intenseness of mind, and cordially received.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
This is the commencement of a new and entirely distinct section, opening, after the fashion of Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 4:1; Proverbs 7:1; with a general exhortation Proverbs 22:17-21 and passing on to special precepts. The “words of the wise” may be a title to the section: compare Proverbs 24:23. The general characteristics of this section appear to be
(1) a less close attention to the laws of parallelism, and
(2) a tendency to longer and more complicated sentences. Compare the Introduction to Proverbs.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 22:17. Bow down thine ear — From this to the end of Proverbs 22:21 are contained, not proverbs, but directions how to profit by that which wisdom has already delivered; the nature of the instruction, and the end for which it was given.
I shall give a paraphrase of this very important passage: -
I. Solomon addresses his pupils on the use of his past teachings. See on Proverbs 22:6.
1. The wise man speaks; and all his words, not merely his sentiments, are to be carefully heard.
2. He speaks knowledge - gives doctrines true in themselves, and confirmed by observation and experience.
3. These are to be heard with humility and deep attention: "Bow down thine ear."
4. They must not only be heard, but meditated and pondered: "Apply thine heart to my knowledge."
