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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Proverbs 23:12
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Give yourselves to disciplined instruction; open your ears to tested knowledge.Jump to:Bible Study Tools • Parallel Bible Verse • Bible Contextual Overview • Bible Cross-References • Gill's Bible Notes
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Christian Standard Bible®
Apply yourself to disciplineand listen to words of knowledge.
Apply yourself to disciplineand listen to words of knowledge.
Hebrew Names Version
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge.
King James Version
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
English Standard Version
Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
New American Standard Bible
Apply your heart to discipline, And your ears to words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to discipline, And your ears to words of knowledge.
New Century Version
Remember what you are taught, and listen carefully to words of knowledge.
Remember what you are taught, and listen carefully to words of knowledge.
Amplified Bible
Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.
World English Bible
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.
Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.
Legacy Standard Bible
Bring your heart to disciplineAnd your ears to words of knowledge.
Bring your heart to disciplineAnd your ears to words of knowledge.
Berean Standard Bible
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Contemporary English Version
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Listen to instruction and do your best to learn.Complete Jewish Bible
Apply your mind to discipline and your ears to words of knowledge.
Apply your mind to discipline and your ears to words of knowledge.
Darby Translation
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Easy-to-Read Version
Listen to your teacher and learn all you can.
Listen to your teacher and learn all you can.
George Lamsa Translation
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Good News Translation
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Pay attention to your teacher and learn all you can.Lexham English Bible
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ear to sayings of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ear to sayings of knowledge.
Literal Translation
Bring your heart in for instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Bring your heart in for instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Applie thine herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege.
Applie thine herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege.
American Standard Version
Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
King James Version (1611)
Apply thine heart vnto instruction, and thine eares to the words of knowledge.
Apply thine heart vnto instruction, and thine eares to the words of knowledge.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge.
Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.
Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.
English Revised Version
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thin herte entre to techyng, and thin eeris `be redi to the wordis of kunnyng.
Thin herte entre to techyng, and thin eeris `be redi to the wordis of kunnyng.
Update Bible Version
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge.
Webster's Bible Translation
Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge.
New English Translation
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.
New King James Version
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge.
New Living Translation
Commit yourself to instruction; listen carefully to words of knowledge.
Commit yourself to instruction; listen carefully to words of knowledge.
New Life Bible
Open your heart to teaching, and your ears to words of much learning.
Open your heart to teaching, and your ears to words of much learning.
New Revised Standard
Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Bring, to correction, thy heart, and thine ears, to the sayings of knowledge.
Bring, to correction, thy heart, and thine ears, to the sayings of knowledge.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let thy heart apply itself to instruction and thy ears to words of knowledge.
Let thy heart apply itself to instruction and thy ears to words of knowledge.
Revised Standard Version
Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
Young's Literal Translation
Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.
Contextual Overview
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Give yourselves to disciplined instruction; open your ears to tested knowledge. 1312 Don't be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won't kill them. A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death. 1513 Dear child, if you become wise, I'll be one happy parent. My heart will dance and sing to the tuneful truth you'll speak.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 23:19, Proverbs 2:2-6, Proverbs 5:1, Proverbs 5:2, Proverbs 22:17, Ezekiel 33:31, Matthew 13:52, James 1:21-25
Reciprocal: Psalms 90:12 - that Isaiah 34:16 - Seek
Cross-References
Genesis 19:1
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting at the city gate. He saw them and got up to welcome them, bowing before them and said, "Please, my friends, come to my house and stay the night. Wash up. You can rise early and be on your way refreshed." They said, "No, we'll sleep in the street."
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting at the city gate. He saw them and got up to welcome them, bowing before them and said, "Please, my friends, come to my house and stay the night. Wash up. You can rise early and be on your way refreshed." They said, "No, we'll sleep in the street."
Genesis 23:7
Then Abraham got up, bowed respectfully to the people of the land, the Hittites, and said, "If you're serious about helping me give my wife a proper burial, intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar. Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah that he owns, the one at the end of his land. Ask him to sell it to me at its full price for a burial plot, with you as witnesses."
Then Abraham got up, bowed respectfully to the people of the land, the Hittites, and said, "If you're serious about helping me give my wife a proper burial, intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar. Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah that he owns, the one at the end of his land. Ask him to sell it to me at its full price for a burial plot, with you as witnesses."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Apply thine heart unto instruction,.... To the instruction of parents, and to the instruction of ministers of the word; to the Scriptures, which are profitable to instruction in righteousness; to the instruction of wisdom, or to the Gospel of Christ, which instructs in things relating to him, and to salvation by him: or, "bring in thine heart to instruction" y; not only bring thy body to the place of instruction, the house of God, but bring thine heart thither also;
and thine ears to the words of knowledge; the doctrines of the Gospel, which are the means of the knowledge of God and Christ, and of all divine, spiritual, and heavenly tidings; and of a growth in the knowledge of them; and therefore should be diligently hearkened and cordially attended to.
y הביאה "adduc", Piscator; "vel fac ingredi", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus; "adduc et quasi praesens siste", Michaelis,
