Proverbs 22:17

Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise 1 and apply your heart to my knowledge, 1

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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

16The one who oppresses poor people to increase his wealth, 1 or gives to rich people, will come to poverty. 1

18for it will be pleasant for you if you keep them within you, 1 if all of them are ready on your lips. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 90:12So teach us to consider our life 1 so that we might live wisely. 1

Proverbs 2:2make your ears pay attention to wisdom 1 and incline your heart to understanding. 1

Proverbs 4:4he taught me and said to me, 1 “Let your heart hold fast to my words; 1 keep my commands and live. 1

Proverbs 8:33Listen to my instruction and be wise; 1 do not neglect it. 1

Ecclesiastes 7:25I turned my heart to learn and examine 2 and seek wisdom and the explanations of reality, 1 and to understand that evil is stupid 2 and that folly is madness. 1

Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to understand the work that is done on the earth, work often done without sleep for the eyes at night or in the day,

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 →

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