17Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.


In Context

14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

17 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.

18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

19 That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.

Proverbs 22:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:17Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:17Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine :

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:17Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:17Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:17Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.