Proverbs 23:12

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Proverbs 23:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11 for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

14 Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 23:19

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

Proverbs 2:2

if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

Proverbs 2:3

if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

Proverbs 2:5

then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:6

For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 5:1

My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,

Proverbs 5:2

that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

Proverbs 22:17

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

Ezekiel 33:31

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.

Matthew 13:52

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.”

James 1:21

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.

James 1:22

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

James 1:23

For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

James 1:24

and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

James 1:25

But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.