Proverbs 22:17

In 11 translations

BSB

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—

KJV

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Incline your ear, and hear words of the wise, || And set your heart to my knowledge,

YLT

Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

DBY

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

DRC

Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine:

GNV

Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.

JPS

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

LXXE

Incline thine ear to the words of wise men: hear also my word, and apply thine heart,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

הַ֥ט אָזְנְךָ֗ וּ֭שְׁמַע דִּבְרֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֑ים וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ תָּשִׁ֥ית לְדַעְתִּֽי׃

LXX-Br

Λόγοις σοφῶν παράβαλλε σὸν οὖς, καὶ ἄκουε ἐμὸν λόγον, τὴν δὲ σὴν καρδίαν ἐπίστησον, ἵνα γνῷς ὅτι καλοί εἰσι·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
• Proverbs 23:12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
• 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.
• Proverbs 2:2–5if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure, then…
• Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
• Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
• Proverbs 1:3and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
• 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.
• 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.
• Proverbs 8:33–34Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
• Proverbs 5:1–2My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight, that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
• Proverbs 4:4–8he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live. Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).