Proverbs 23:12
ContextNET © | Apply 1 your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge. |
NIV © | Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. |
NASB © | Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge. |
NLT © | Commit yourself to instruction; attune your ears to hear words of knowledge. |
MSG © | Give yourselves to disciplined instruction; open your ears to tested knowledge. |
BBE © | Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge. |
NRSV © | Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge. |
NKJV © | Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge. |
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NET © | Apply 1 your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “bring.” The Hiphil imperative “come; enter” means “to apply the heart,” to use the heart or mind in the process. The same would be true in the second half: “to bring the ears” would mean to listen very carefully. Cf. TEV “Pay attention.” |