Proverbs 22:17
Bow down thine ozen, and hear the devarim of chachamim, 1 and apply thine lev (mind, heart) unto my da'as. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 yameinu, 1 that we may apply levav unto chochmah. 1
Proverbs 2:2So that thou incline thine ear unto chochmah, 1 and apply thine lev to tevunah (understanding); 1
Proverbs 4:4He taught me also, and said unto me, 1 Let thine lev retain my words; 1 be shomer over my mitzvot, and live. 1
Proverbs 8:33Hear musar, and be chacham, 1 and disdain it not. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:25I applied mine lev to have da'as, and to search, and to seek out chochmah, and the cheshbon (scheme, plan) of things, and to have da'as of resha (wickedness) of kesel (stupidity), even of sichlut (folly) and holelot (madness).
Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied mine lev to have da'as of chochmah, and to see the business that is done upon ha'aretz, though oneʼs eynayim see sleep neither yom nor lailah,
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 →