Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 23:12
12Apply yourself to discipline and listen to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
- New International Version (NIV)Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge.
Context of Proverbs 23:12
10Don’t move an ancient boundary marker, and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless, 11for their Redeemer is strong, and he will champion their cause against you. Apply yourself to discipline and listen to words of knowledge. 13Don’t withhold discipline from a youth; if you punish him with a rod, he will not die. 14Punish him with a rod, and you will rescue his life from Sheol.
Read all of Proverbs 23Proverbs 23:12 word by word
הָבִ֣יאָה לַמּוּסָ֣ר לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝אָזְנֶ֗ךָ לְאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 23:12
- Proverbs 23:19Listen, my son, and be wise; keep your mind on the right course.
- Proverbs 2:2listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding;
- Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen closely to my understanding
- Proverbs 22:17Listen closely, pay attention to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge.
- Ezekiel 33:31So my people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.
- Matthew 13:52“Therefore,” he said to them, “every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom treasures new and old.”
- James 1:21Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Commentaries on Proverbs 23:12
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-16Verses 12-16 Here is a parent instructing his child to give his mind to the Scriptures. Here is a parent correcting his child: accompanied with prayer, and blessed of God, it may prove a means of preventing his destruction. Here is a parent encouraging his child, telling him what would be for his good. And what a comfort it would be, if herein he answered his expectation!Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Saying 11: Listen carefully: Learning helps you improve (see Proverbs 10:17; 13:1, 10; 15:24, 31–32; 17:10; 19:24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Here begins another series of precepts.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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