Proverbs 23:12
Apply your heart to instruction, 2 and your ears to the words of knowledge. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
In Context
11for their Defender is strong. 2 He will plead their case against you. 1
13Don’t withhold correction from a child. 2 If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. 2 Turn your ear to my understanding: 1
Proverbs 23:19Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, my son, and be wise, 2 and keep your heart on the right path! 1
Matthew 13:52+ 13:52. MPr: “I will take you, O King Messiah, and make you to go up into my Temple. There you shall teach me to tremble before Yahweh, and to walk in His ways. There we shall hold the Feast of Leviathan, and drink the old wine, which has been kept in its grapes from the day the world was created, and eat of the pomegranates and of the fruits which are prepared for the just in the Garden of Eden.” (Targum Song of Songs 8:1) A prominent tradition in Judaism is, Leviathan’s purpose is to be the main course in the feast of righteous at the Garden of Eden. (Talmud Baba Batra 75). (Song of Songs 8:1) He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven (God) is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and 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 →