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Proverbs 22:17

World English Bible

Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.
Apply your heart to my teaching.

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Proverbs 22:17 in other translations

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

Proverbs 22:17 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 22:17 in context

  1. 15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:
    the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
  2. 16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,
    both come to poverty.
  3. 17Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.
    Apply your heart to my teaching.
  4. 18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you,
    if all of them are ready on your lips.
  5. 19I teach you today, even you,
    So that your trust may be in Yahweh.