King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 23:12
“Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 23
10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
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Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13
Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
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Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.