17 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.
Apply your heart to my teaching. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
To these words, to this knowledge, the ear must be bowed down, and the heart applied by faith and love. To live a life of delight in God and dependence on him, is the foundation of all practical religion. The way to know the certainty of the word of truth, is to make conscience of our duty.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 22:17-18
Commentary on Proverbs 22:17-21
(Read Proverbs 22:17-21)
To these words, to this knowledge, the ear must be bowed down, and the heart applied by faith and love. To live a life of delight in God and dependence on him, is the foundation of all practical religion. The way to know the certainty of the word of truth, is to make conscience of our duty.