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Proverbs 23:12 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 23 · verse 12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.Proverbs 23:12 · King James Version
Proverbs 23:12 in context
10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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Key words (Strong's)
- instructionmûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- Applybôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- wordsʼêmersomething saidH561 →
- earsʼôzenbroadnessH241 →
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Here is, 1. A parent instructing his child. He is here brought in persuading him to give his mind to his book, and especially to the scriptures and his catechism, to attend to the words of knowledge, by which he might come to know his duty, and danger, and interest, and not to think it enough to give them the hearing,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-16