Proverbs 23:12
12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Other Translations of Proverbs 23:12
King James Version
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
English Standard Version
12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
The Message
12 Give yourselves to disciplined instruction; open your ears to tested knowledge.
New King James Version
12 Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge.
New Living Translation
12 Commit yourself to instruction; listen carefully to words of knowledge.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 23:12
Commentary on Proverbs 23:12-16
(Read Proverbs 23:12-16)
Here is a parent instructing his child to give his mind to the Scriptures. Here is a parent correcting his child: accompanied with prayer, and blessed of God, it may prove a means of preventing his destruction. Here is a parent encouraging his child, telling him what would be for his good. And what a comfort it would be, if herein he answered his expectation!