Proverbs 23:12 Cross References - MSTC

¹² Apply thine heart unto learning, and thine ear to the words of knowledge.

² that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding. ³ For if thou criest after wisdom, and callest for knowledge; ⁴ If thou seekest after her as after money, and diggest for her as for treasures; ⁵ then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For it is the LORD that giveth wisdom, out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

¹ My son, give heed unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my prudence: ² that thou mayest regard good counsel, and that thy lips may keep nurture.

¹⁷ My son, bow down thine ear, and hearken unto the words of wisdom, apply thy mind unto my doctrine -

¹⁹ My son, give ear and be wise, so shall thine heart prosper in the way.

³¹ These come unto thee, after the manner of a great people: yea, my people sit down before thee, and hear thy words, but they do not thereafter: for in their mouths they show themselves, as though they were fervent, but their heart goeth after their own covetous lucre.

⁵² Then said he unto them, "Therefore every scribe which is taught unto the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, which bringeth forth, out of his treasure, things both new and old."

²¹ Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, all superfluity of maliciousness, and receive with meekness the word that is grafted in you, which is able to save your souls: ²² And see that ye be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves with sophistry. ²³ For if any hear the word, and do it not, he is like unto a man that beholdeth his bodily face in a glass. ²⁴ For as soon as he hath looked on himself, he goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what his fashion was: ²⁵ but whoso looketh in the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein — if he be not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work — the same shall be happy in his deed.