Proverbs 2:2

Proverbs 2:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
• New International Version (NIV)turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—
• English Standard Version (ESV)making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
• New King James Version (NKJV)So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;

Context of Proverbs 2:2

1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Proverbs 2:2 word by word

לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב לַֽחָכְמָ֣ה אָזְנֶ֑ךָ תַּטֶּ֥ה לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• So that thou inclineקָשַׁבqâshab · to listenH7181
• thine earאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• unto wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• applyנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• thine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• to understandingתְּבוּנָהtâbûn tebûnâh tôbûnâh · understandingH8394

Cross-references for Proverbs 2:2

• Proverbs 18:1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
• Psalms 119:111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
• Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Matthew 13:9Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
• Psalms 22:17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
• Psalms 25:12What man is he that feareth Yhwh? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
• Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
• Ecclesiastes 7:25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
• Ecclesiastes 8:9All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
• Acts 17:11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Commentaries on Proverbs 2:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3wisdom...understanding...insight: These three words are skills needed to handle life's challenges.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221-5. Diligence in hearing and praying for instruction must be used to secure the great principle of godliness, the fear of God. hide ... with thee--lay up in store (compare Pr 7:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 2:2

• Integrity
• Personification
• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Apply
• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 2

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings