EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Proverbs 23:12
1211. Listen carefully to your teacher and study well. Then you will learn 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
1010. Never move a stone that has always shown the border of someone's land. Do not take for yourself the fields of people who have no family to help them. 11God himself will be the relative who helps them. He will speak against you in court. 11. Listen carefully to your teacher and study well. Then you will learn knowledge. 1312. Remember to warn your children when they do something wrong. If you punish them with a stick, you will not kill them. 14Punishment may save them from death.
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 23:1915. Listen to me, my child. Learn to be wise and to live in a good way.
- Proverbs 2:2Listen carefully, so that you understand what wisdom really is.
- Proverbs 5:1My child, listen carefully to the wisdom that I teach you. I will teach you how to understand things well.
- Proverbs 22:17Listen carefully. I will teach you what wise people have said. Think about the things that I am teaching you.
- Ezekiel 33:31They are my people and they come as a crowd to listen to you. They sit and they listen to your words. But they do not obey what you say. They say that they love me. But really they like to cheat people to get things for themselves.
- Matthew 13:52Jesus said to them, ‘Some teachers of God's Law have now learned about the kingdom of heaven. These men are like the master of a house who takes things out of the room where he keeps them. Some of the valuable things he brings out are new and some of them are old.’
- James 1:21So stop doing disgusting things. Stay away from the wicked things that are all around you. God has put his message deep inside you, and it can save you. So be careful to accept that message.
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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