Proverbs 2:2

(so) that thine ear hear wisdom, bow (down) thine heart to know prudence.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

In Context

1My son, if thou receivest my words, and hidest my behests with thee (or and hidest my commands with thee);

3For if thou inwardly callest (to) wisdom, and bowest thine heart to (ward) prudence;

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Cross References

Psalms 119:111I purchased thy witnessings by heritage [into] without end; for those be the full joying of mine heart. (Thy teachings be my inheritance forever; yea, they be the full out joy of my heart.)

Proverbs 6:32But he that is an adulterer, shall lose his soul, for the poverty of heart, that is, (for the) wanting of reason.

Proverbs 22:17My son, bow down thine ear, and hear thou the words of wise men; but set thou the heart to my teaching. (My son, bow down thy ear, and listen thou to the words of the wise; yea, set thou thy heart unto my teaching, or my instruction.)

Ecclesiastes 7:25I compassed all things with my soul (or I put my mind upon everything, yea), to know, and to behold, and (to) seek (out) wisdom, and reason, and to know the wickedness of a fool, and the error of unprudent men.

Ecclesiastes 8:16And I setted mine heart to know wisdom, and to understand the parting, which is turned in earth. A man is, that by days and nights, taketh not sleep with his eyes. (And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to understand what is done on the earth. And in trying to understand this, a person might not close his eyes in sleep for many days and nights.)

Matthew 13:9He that hath ears of hearing, hear he.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:2-10

The Search after Wisdom Encouraged. 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord , and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and… Read the whole commentary →

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