Proverbs 2:2
To let thy ear listen unto wisdom: [if] thou wouldst incline thy heart to understanding.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
In Context
1My son, if thou wouldst but accept my words, and treasure up my commandments with thee;
3For if thou wilt call after intelligence; if after understanding thou wilt lift up thy voice;
Cross References
Psalms 119:111I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage to eternity; for they are the joy of my heart.
Proverbs 6:32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.
Proverbs 22:17Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 7:25Then I turned myself about together with my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and experience, and to know the wickedness of folly, and the foolishness of madness.
Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the employment that is done upon the earth, how even neither by day nor by night sleep is seen in the eyes of some men:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:2-10
The Search after Wisdom Encouraged. 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord , and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and… Read the whole commentary →