Cross references

Proverbs 22:17

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—

apply your mind to my knowledge—

Proverbs 22:17 BSB

Proverbs 22:17 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 90:12 (6 votes) and Proverbs 23:12 (6 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Exodus 7 to Colossians 4.

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Which verses does Proverbs 22:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

  2. Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

  3. if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, …

  4. My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

  5. I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

  6. and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

  7. While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

  8. My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight, that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

  9. Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

  10. All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.

Which verses point to Proverbs 22:17?

The 10 strongest of 19.