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Proverbs 23

Prov. 23:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Apply
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
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
c unto instruction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
, and thine ears
'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
to the words
'emer (Hebrew #561)
something said
KJV usage: answer, X appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
Pronounce: ay'-mer
Origin: from 559
of 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. 22:17• 17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,{HR}And apply thy heart unto my knowledge. (Prov. 22:17)

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Prov. 23:19• 19Thou, my son, hear and be wise,{HR}And direct thy heart in the way. (Prov. 23:19)
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Prov. 2:2‑6• 2So that thou wilt incline thine ear to wisdom,{HR}And apply thy heart to understanding;
 3Yea if thou cry after discernment,{HR}[And] lift up thy voice for understanding;
 4If thou seek her as silver{HR}And search for her as for hid treasures;
 5Then shalt thou apprehend the fear of Jehovah,{HR}And find the knowledge of God.
 6For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (Prov. 2:2‑6)
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Prov. 5:1‑2• 1My son, attend to my wisdom,{HR}Incline thine ear to mine understanding,
 2That thou mayest keep reflection,{HR}And thy lips may preserve knowledge. (Prov. 5:1‑2)
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Prov. 22:17• 17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,{HR}And apply thy heart unto my knowledge. (Prov. 22:17)
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Ezek. 33:31• 31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. (Ezek. 33:31)
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Matt. 13:52• 52And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man [that is] a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old. (Matt. 13:52)
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James 1:21‑25• 21Wherefore, having laid aside every sort of filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls.
 22But be word-doers, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.
 23Because if Anyone is a word-hearer, and not a doer, he is like a man considering his natural face in a mirror:
 24for he considered himself and is gone away, and straightway forgot of what sort he was.
 25But he that closely looked into perfect law, that of liberty, and abode close, being not a quite forgetful hearer, but a work-doer, he shall be blessed in his doing. (James 1:21‑25)
• Only when the heart is applied to instruction, and the ear bent upon hearing right and profitable words, will there be progress in divine things. A careless learning by rote will never profit. It is when the whole being is occupied with the truth, that Wisdom makes her abode in the soul of him who seeks her. (“Proverbs Twenty-Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Apply thy heart unto instructionb, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "correction." see ver. 13 and ch. 1.2.

W. Kelly Translation

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Apply thy heart unto instruction,{HR}And thy ears to the words of knowledge.