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Proverbs 2:2-5
if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, . . .

Proverbs 5:1, 2
My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, . . .

and hear

Proverbs 1:3
to receive instruction in wise living, in righteousness, justice, and equity,

Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

Proverbs 4:4-8
he taught me and said, "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commandments and you will live. . . .

Proverbs 8:33, 34
Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. . . .

Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my loving devotion assured to David.

Matthew 17:5
While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!"

apply

Proverbs 23:12
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

Psalm 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 7:25
I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

Ecclesiastes 8:9, 16
All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment. . . .