Proverbs 23:12
Apply thine lev unto musar, 1 and thine oznayim to the words of da'as. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
In Context
11For their Go'el is chazak (strong); 1 He shall plead their cause against thee. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 5:1Beni (my son), attend unto my chochmah, 1 and bow thine ozen to my tevunah (understanding); 1
Proverbs 23:19Hear thou, beni (my son), and be chacham, 1 and guide thine lev straight on the derech. 1
Matthew 13:52So Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Therefore, every sofer (scribe, torah teacher, rabbi) who becomes a talmid of the Malchut HaShomayim is like a man + 13:52 who is a Baal Bayit, who takes out of his otzar (treasure), chadashot (new things) and also yeshanot (old things).
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 →