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Proverbs 22:17
Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
Proverbs 22:17 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 22:17 in other translations
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
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In context
14 The mouth of strage women is as a deepe pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.
15 Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.
16 Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.
17 Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
18 For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.
19 That thy confidence may be in the Lord, I haue shewed thee this day: thou therefore take heede.
20 Haue not I written vnto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,
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