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Proverbs 22

Prov. 22:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Bow down
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
thine ear
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
, and hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
, and apply
shiyth (Hebrew #7896)
to place (in a very wide application)
KJV usage: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take.
Pronounce: sheeth
Origin: a primitive root
i thine heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
unto my knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
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Prov. 2:2• 2so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding; (Prov. 2:2)
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Psa. 90:12• 12So teach us to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart. (Psa. 90:12)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 2:2‑5• 2so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;
 3yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding;
 4if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
 5then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God. (Prov. 2:2‑5)
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Prov. 5:1‑2• 1My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;
 2that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge. (Prov. 5:1‑2)
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Prov. 1:3• 3to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity; (Prov. 1:3)
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Prov. 3:1• 1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments; (Prov. 3:1)
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Prov. 4:4‑8• 4And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
 5Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
 6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
 7The beginning of wisdom is, Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
 8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her. (Prov. 4:4‑8)
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Prov. 8:33‑34• 33hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
 34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. (Prov. 8:33‑34)
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Isa. 55:3• 3Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David. (Isa. 55:3)
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Matt. 17:5• 5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, *This* is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight: hear him. (Matt. 17:5)
apply.
Prov. 23:12• 12Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. (Prov. 23:12)
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Psa. 90:12• 12So teach us to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart. (Psa. 90:12)
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Eccl. 7:25• 25I turned, I and my heart, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and reason, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness; (Eccl. 7:25)
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Eccl. 8:9,16• 9All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time when man ruleth man to his hurt.
 16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes), (Eccl. 8:9,16)
• We now have a challenge reminding us of that seven times repeated in Revelation 2 and 3, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” Many have been the words of wisdom to which we have been listening; many more are to follow. The soul may become so used to them as to fail to discern their excellent character. What is needed is that the heart be applied to the knowledge thus imparted. (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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