Proverbs 23:12
Bring your heart to instruction, || And your ear to sayings of knowledge.
Literal Standard Version
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 pleads their cause with you.
13Do not withhold discipline from a youth, || When you strike him with a rod he does not die.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:1My son! Give attention to my wisdom, || Incline your ear to my understanding,
Proverbs 23:19Hear, my son, and be wise, || And make your heart blessed in the way,
Matthew 13:52And He said to them, “Because of this, every scribe having been discipled in regard to the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and 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 →