Proverbs 22:17
Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 90:12Teach vs so to nomber our dayes, that we may apply our heartes vnto wisdome.
Proverbs 2:2And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,
Proverbs 4:4When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
Proverbs 8:33Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not: blessed is the man that heareth mee, watching dayly at my gates, and giuing attendance at the postes of my doores.
Ecclesiastes 7:25All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.
Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied mine heart to knowe wisedome, and to behold the busines that is done on earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleepe,
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 →