Proverbs 22:17
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
Cross References
Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Proverbs 2:2So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;
Proverbs 4:4And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live;
Proverbs 8:33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Ecclesiastes 7:25I turned about, and applied my heart to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;
Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth — for neither day nor night do men see sleep with their eyes —
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 →