Proverbs 22:17
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
In Context
16He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.
Cross References
Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Proverbs 2:2so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,
Proverbs 4:4And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 8:33Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.
Ecclesiastes 7:25I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is he who sees sleep with his eyes neither day nor night),
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:17
16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. This shows what evil courses rich men sometimes take, by which, in the end, they will impoverish themselves and provoke God, notwithstanding their abundance, to bring them to want; they oppress the poor and give to the rich. 1. They will not in charity relieve the poor, but withhold from them, that by saving that which is really the best, but which they think the most needless part of their expenses,… Read the whole commentary →