Proverbs 2:2
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New International Version (©1984)
turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
if you pay close attention to wisdom, and let your mind reach for understanding,

King James Bible
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

American King James Version
So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

American Standard Version
So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

Bible in Basic English
So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

Douay-Rheims Bible
That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:

Darby Bible Translation
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;

English Revised Version
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Webster's Bible Translation
So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;

World English Bible
So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

Young's Literal Translation
To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

Geneva Study Bible

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply {b} thine heart to understanding;

(b) If you give yourself to the true knowledge of God without hypocrisy.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2. Listen attentively and reflect seriously (Pr 1:24; Ps 130:2).

understanding-right perception of truth.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:1-9 Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence, Joh 6:27. Let them seek, and they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be given them. Observe who are thus favoured. They are the righteous, on whom the image of God is renewed, which consists in righteousness. If we depend upon God, and seek to him for wisdom, he will enable us to keep the paths of judgment.


Proverbs 22:17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge; (NASB ©1995)

Apply Applying Attend Attention Attentive Cause Discernment Ear Gives Heart Incline Making Turn Turned Turning Understanding Wisdom

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

thou 18:1 Ps 119:111,112 Isa 55:3 Mt 13:9

apply Ps 22:17-21 25:12 90:12 Ec 7:25 8:9,16 Ac 17:11

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Alphabetical: and applying attentive ear heart Incline Make to turning understanding wisdom your

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