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Proverbs 23:12

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For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.	Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.	Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Apply^H935 thine heart^H3820 unto instruction^H4148, and thine ears^H241 to the words^H561 of knowledge^H1847.

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Original Hebrew

הָבִיאָה לַמּוּסָר לִבֶּךָ וְאָזְנֶךָ לְאִמְרֵי־דָעַת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הָבִ֣יאָ/ה	ha.Vi.'a/h	H935	HVhv2ms/Sh	bring/ !
לַ/מּוּסָ֣ר	la./mu.Sar	H4148	HRd/Ncmsa	to (the)/ discipline
לִבֶּ֑/ךָ	li.Be./kha	H3820	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	heart/ your
וְ֝/אָזְנֶ֗/ךָ	ve./'a.ze.Ne./kha	H241	HC/Ncfdc/Sp2ms	and/ ears/ your
לְ/אִמְרֵי	le./'im.rei-	H561	HR/Ncmpc	to/ words of
דָֽעַת	Da.'at	H1847	HNcfsa	knowledge

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H241 — אֹזֶן (ʼôzen, o'-zen): from אָזַן; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man); [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
• H561 — אֵמֶר (ʼêmer, ay'-mer): from אָמַר; something said; answer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1847 — דַּעַת (daʻath, dah'-ath): from יָדַע; knowledge; cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).
• H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
• H4148 — מוּסָר (mûwçâr, moo-sawr'): from יָסַר; properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint; bond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.

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