Proverbs 2:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,”
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“if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;”
King James Version · Public Domain“So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 2:2 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
- Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
- Psalms 119:112I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
- Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
- Proverbs 18:1He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
- Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
- Proverbs 23:12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
- Ecclesiastes 8:9All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
- Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
- Matthew 13:9He who has ears, let him hear.”
- Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
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