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Proverbs 23:12

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 23:12 in other translations

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

Proverbs 23:12 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 23:12 in context

  1. 10Don’t move the ancient boundary stone.
    Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
  2. 11for their Defender is strong.
    He will plead their case against you.
  3. 12Apply your heart to instruction,
    and your ears to the words of knowledge.
  4. 13Don’t withhold correction from a child.
    If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
  5. 14Punish him with the rod,
    and save his soul from Sheol.