Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 22:17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

Bow   Pro 2:2-5; Pro 5:1,2
and hear   Pro 1:3; Pro 3:1; Pro 4:4-8; Pro 8:33,34; Isa 55:3; Mat 17:5
apply   Pro 23:12; Psa 90:12; Ecc 7:25; Ecc 8:9,16
Correlating Passages
Bow
Pro 2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;
Pro 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Pro 2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;
Pro 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Pro 5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
Pro 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
and hear
Pro 1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Pro 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Pro 4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Pro 4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Pro 4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Pro 4:7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Pro 4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Pro 8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Pro 8:34 Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Isa 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.
Mat 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
apply
Pro 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Psa 90:12 So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.
Ecc 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:
Ecc 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.
Ecc 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:)

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 22:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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