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Proverbs 2:2
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
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Cross-references drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, most-connected first.
Psalms 119:111-112
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. to perform: Heb. to do
Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. apply: Heb. cause to come
Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: I applied...: Heb. I and mine heart compassed
Proverbs 22:17-21
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. within...: Heb. in thy belly That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. even...: or, trust thou also Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? to them...: or, to those that send thee?
Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Matthew 13:9
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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
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:)