Proverbs 23:12
Pay attention to what your teachers teach you, and try to learn from the wise things that they say.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
In Context
13Do not refuse to discipline your children; if you punish/spank them, it will not cause them to die,
Cross References
Proverbs 5:1My son, listen carefully to some more wise things that I will tell you. Listen well to what I am going to teach you.
Proverbs 23:19My son/child, listen carefully to me and become wise, and think about ◄all that you do/your behavior►.
Matthew 13:52“Yes, we understand them.” Then he said to us, “Because you understand all these parables, you will understand the following parable: You, along with all others, will teach people what you heard me say about God ruling people’s lives. You will add that to what you formerly learned. You will be like a manager of a household who takes both new things and old things out of his storage room.”
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 →