Proverbs 22:17
Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
Young's Literal Translation
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
16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich — only to want.
Cross References
Psalms 90:12To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
Proverbs 2:2To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
Proverbs 4:4And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.
Proverbs 8:33Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.
Ecclesiastes 7:25I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.
Ecclesiastes 8:16When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),
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 →