Cross references

Proverbs 23:12

Apply your heart to instruction

and your ears to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:12 BSB

Proverbs 23:12 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 5:1–2 (16 votes) and Proverbs 2:2–6 (14 votes). 5 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Psalm 90 to James 1.

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Which verses does Proverbs 23:12 point to?

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

  2. 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, …

  3. Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.

  4. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. …

  5. So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

  6. Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—

  7. Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

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