Catholic Public Domain Version
"Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Then apply your heart to my doctrine. "
— Proverbs 22:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.”
“ Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge. ”
“Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.”
“The Sayings of the Wise Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my instruction.”
“Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine:”
“Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.”
“Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.”
The mouth of a foreign woman is a deep pit; the Lord was angry with him who will fall into it.
Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.
Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.
Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Then apply your heart to my doctrine.
It shall be beautiful to you, if you preserve it in your inner self, and it shall overflow from your lips,
so that your confidence may be in the Lord. Therefore, I also have revealed it to you this day.
Behold, I have written it for you in three ways, and with meditations and knowledge,