Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Learn diligently, and listen to words of knowledge.

New American Standard Bible

Apply your heart to discipline
And your ears to words of knowledge.

King James Version

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Holman Bible

Apply yourself to discipline
and listen to words of knowledge.

American Standard Version

Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Amplified


Apply your heart to discipline
And your ears to words of knowledge.

Bible in Basic English

Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Darby Translation

Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Julia Smith Translation

Bring thy heart to instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

King James 2000

Apply your heart unto instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Apply your heart to instruction, and your ear to sayings of knowledge.

Modern King James verseion

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Apply thine heart unto learning, and thine ear to the words of knowledge.

NET Bible

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

New Heart English Bible

Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

The Emphasized Bible

Bring, to correction, thy heart, and thine ears, to the sayings of knowledge.

Webster

Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge.

World English Bible

Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Youngs Literal Translation

Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

and thine ears
אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

to the words
אמר 
'emer 
Usage: 49

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

11 for strong is their Redeemer who will take up their case against you. 12 Learn diligently, and listen to words of knowledge. 13 Don't withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with a rod, he won't die.



Cross References

Proverbs 2:2-6

making your ear attentive to wisdom, and turning your heart to understanding

Proverbs 5:1-2

My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and listen closely to my insight,

Proverbs 22:17

Pay attention and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my teaching,

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my son, and be wise, commit yourself to live God's way.

Ezekiel 33:31

Then they come to you as a group, sit down right in front of you as if they were my people, hear your words and then they don't do what you say because they're seeking only their own desires, they pursue ill-gotten profits, and they keep following their own self-interests.

Matthew 13:52

Then he told them, "That is why every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom from heaven is like the master of a household who brings both new and old things out of his treasure chest."

James 1:21-25

Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word planted in you that can save your souls.

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