Proverbs 2:2 · KJV
“So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, {and} apply thine heart to understanding;”
— Proverbs 2:2
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, {and} liftest up thy voice for understanding; {liftest...: Heb. givest thy voice}
Proverbs 2 — Context
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, {and} apply thine heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, {and} liftest up thy voice for understanding; {liftest...: Heb. givest thy voice}
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as {for} hid treasures;
Cross References
Proverbs 23:12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 18:1
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh {and} intermeddleth with all wisdom. {Through...: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business}
Psalms 119:111-112
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they {are} the rejoicing of my heart.
Matthew 13:9
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Psalms 90:12
So teach {us} to number our days, that we may apply {our} hearts unto wisdom. {apply: Heb. cause to come}
Proverbs 22:17-21
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, {even} the sure mercies of David.
Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also {there is that} neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)