Proverbs 2:2

In 11 translations

BSB

if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

KJV

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

WEB

so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

ASV

So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

LSV

To cause your ear to attend to wisdom, || You incline your heart to understanding,

YLT

To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

DBY

so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;

DRC

That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:

GNV

And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

JPS

So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;

LXXE

thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב לַֽחָכְמָ֣ה אָזְנֶ֑ךָ תַּטֶּ֥ה לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃

LXX-Br

ὑπακούσεται σοφίας τὸ οὖς σου, καὶ παραβαλεῖς καρδίαν σου εἰς σύνεσιν, παραβαλεῖς δὲ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ νουθέτησιν τῷ υἱῷ σου·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 23:12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
• Proverbs 18:1He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
• Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
• Matthew 13:9He who has ears, let him hear.”
• Psalms 119:111–112Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
• Proverbs 22:17–21Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge— for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips. So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct…
• Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
• Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
• Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
• Ecclesiastes 7:25I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
• Ecclesiastes 8:9All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.

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