Proverbs 2:2 Cross References - LEB

² in order to incline your ear toward wisdom, then you shall apply your heart to understanding.

¹² So teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

¹¹¹ I have taken as my own your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to do your statutes forever, to the end.

¹ He who is selfish seeks a craving;* against all sound judgment he shows contempt.

¹⁷ Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise; you shall apply your heart* to my teaching. ¹⁸ For it is pleasant if you guard them _⌊within you_⌋;* together they will be ready upon your lips. ¹⁹ In order for your trust to be in Yahweh, I have made them known to you _⌊today_⌋*—even* you. ²⁰ Have I not written for you thirty sayings with admonitions and knowledge? ²¹ In order to show you what is right—sayings of truth— in order to return a true saying to him who sent you.

¹² Apply your heart* to instruction, and your ear to sayings of knowledge.

²⁵ I set my mind to try to seek wisdom and the plan, and to know that wickedness is foolishness and that folly is delusion.

⁹ I saw all this as I applied my heart to all the deeds done under the sun: _⌊sometimes those in authority harm others_⌋.*

¹⁶ I applied my mind to know wisdom and to understand the business that is done on earth—how neither day nor night one's eyes see sleep.

³ Extend your ear, and come to me! Listen so that* your soul may live, and I will _⌊make_⌋* an everlasting covenant with* you, the enduring proofs of _⌊the mercies shown to_⌋* David.

⁹ The one who has ears, let him hear!"

¹¹ Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. _⌊They_⌋* accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day to see if these things were so.