Proverbs 22:17

Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

Bible in Basic English

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 is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

18For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

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Cross References

Psalms 90:12So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Proverbs 2:2So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

Proverbs 4:4And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

Proverbs 8:33Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

Ecclesiastes 7:25I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

Ecclesiastes 8:16When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by 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 →

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