Proverbs 22:17
Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine:
Bible (Bishops')
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
18For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes:
Cross References
Proverbs 2:2That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng.
Proverbs 4:4He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue.
Proverbs 8:33O geue eare vnto nurture, be wyse, and refuse it not:
Ecclesiastes 7:25I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles.
Ecclesiastes 8:16And so I applied my minde to learne wysdome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde, and that of suche a fashion, that I suffred not mine eyes to sleepe 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 →