Proverbs 23:12

Ezekiel 33:31; James 1:21-25; Matthew 13:52; Proverbs 2:2-6; Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 23:19; Proverbs 5:1; Proverbs 5:2

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverb...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from i...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fathe...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Apply thine heart unto instruction ,.... To the instruction of parents, and to the instruction of ministers of the word; to the Scriptures, which ar...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Ver. 12. Apply thy heart unto instruction. ] Make thine heart to com...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou b...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Apply thine heart unto instruction; content not thyself with outward hearing or reading of it, but affectionately receive it into thine heart, and...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:17 . Let not thine heart envy , etc. The verb translated envy refers to both objects in the verse, and is better tr...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if th...
The Biblical Illustrator

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Spiritual knowledge I. Because of its own worth. A knowledge of t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 12. Apply thine heart unto instruction, paying willing attention to correction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge, those which teach pr...

¹² Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 23:12