Proverbs 23:12

Learning From Your Father

¹¹ for their Redeemer is strong,
and He will take up their case against you. ¹² Apply yourself to discipline
and listen to words of knowledge. ¹³ Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.

Apply Your Heart

Ears to Hear

Proverbs 2:2-6

listening closely to wisdom
and directing your heart to understanding;

Proverbs 5:1-2

My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
listen closely to my understanding

Proverbs 22:17

Listen closely, pay attention to the words of the wise,
and apply your mind to my knowledge.

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my son, and be wise;
keep your mind on the right course.

Ezekiel 33:31

So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest profit.

Matthew 13:52

“Therefore,” He said to them, “every student of Scripture instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who brings out of his storeroom what is new and what is old.”

James 1:21-25

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.