Proverbs 23:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

Young's Literal Translation
Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

King James Bible
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Hebrew
Apply
הָבִ֣יאָה (hā·ḇî·’āh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

your heart
לִבֶּ֑ךָ (lib·be·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

to instruction
לַמּוּסָ֣ר (lam·mū·sār)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4148: Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint

and your ears
וְ֝אָזְנֶ֗ךָ (wə·’ā·zə·ne·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear

to words
לְאִמְרֵי־ (lə·’im·rê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 561: Something said

of knowledge.
דָֽעַת׃ (ḏā·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1847: Knowledge

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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