Proverbs 23:12
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
In Context
11for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
Proverbs 23:19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
Matthew 13:52Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:11-12
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. Note, 1. The fatherless are taken under God's special protection; with him they not only find mercy shown to them ( Hos. xiv. 3 ) but justice done for them. He is their Redeemer, their Goël, their near kinsman, that will take their part and stand up for them with jealousy, as taking himself affronted in the injuries done to them. As their Redeemer he will plead… Read the whole commentary →