Proverbs 23:12

The NET Bible®

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

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Bring your heart to disciplineAnd your ears to words of knowledge.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge.

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

New King James Version
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge.

Literal Translation
Bring your heart in for instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Easy-to-Read Version
Listen to your teacher and learn all you can.

World English Bible
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge.

King James Version (1611)
Apply thine heart vnto instruction, and thine eares to the words of knowledge.

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Applie thine herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege.

THE MESSAGE

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Give yourselves to disciplined instruction; open your ears to tested knowledge.

Amplified Bible
Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.

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

Bible in Basic English
Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Update Bible Version
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge.

Webster's Bible Translation
Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge.

Contemporary English Version

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Listen to instruction and do your best to learn.

Complete Jewish Bible
Apply your mind to discipline and your ears to words of knowledge.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.

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

Hebrew Names Version
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

New Living Translation
Commit yourself to instruction; listen carefully to words of knowledge.

New Life Bible
Open your heart to teaching, and your ears to words of much learning.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.

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

Berean Standard Bible
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

New Revised Standard
Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Bring, to correction, thy heart, and thine ears, to the sayings of knowledge.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let thy heart apply itself to instruction and thy ears to words of knowledge.

Lexham English Bible
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ear to sayings of knowledge.

English Standard Version
Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.

New American Standard Bible
Apply your heart to discipline, And your ears to words of knowledge.

New Century Version
Remember what you are taught, and listen carefully to words of knowledge.

Good News Translation

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Pay attention to your teacher and learn all you can.

Christian Standard Bible®
Apply yourself to discipline and listen to words of knowledge.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thin herte entre to techyng, and thin eeris `be redi to the wordis of kunnyng.

Revised Standard Version
Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.

Young's Literal Translation
Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

Contextual Overview

¹² Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge. ¹³ Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴ If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death. ¹⁵ My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad; ¹⁶ my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 23:19, Proverbs 2:2-6, Proverbs 5:1, Proverbs 5:2, Proverbs 22:17, Ezekiel 33:31, Matthew 13:52, James 1:21-25

Reciprocal: Psalms 90:12 - that Isaiah 34:16 - Seek

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Genesis 19:1
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city's gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

Genesis 23:7
Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Apply thine heart unto instruction,.... To the instruction of parents, and to the instruction of ministers of the word; to the Scriptures, which are profitable to instruction in righteousness; to the instruction of wisdom, or to the Gospel of Christ, which instructs in things relating to him, and to salvation by him: or, "bring in thine heart to instruction" y; not only bring thy body to the place of instruction, the house of God, but bring thine heart thither also;

and thine ears to the words of knowledge; the doctrines of the Gospel, which are the means of the knowledge of God and Christ, and of all divine, spiritual, and heavenly tidings; and of a growth in the knowledge of them; and therefore should be diligently hearkened and cordially attended to.

y הביאה "adduc", Piscator; "vel fac ingredi", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus; "adduc et quasi praesens siste", Michaelis,