“Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge,” Proverbs 23:12.
In Webster’s 1828 Dictionary the word “apply” is defined as:
- “to use or employ for a specific purpose.”
- “to fix the mind; to engage or employ with attention.”
- “to give the chief part of time to an endeavor.”
So, Proverbs 23:12 urges us to not waste our emotional and mental energy on hours and hours of television or entertainment, but to use our mind-time for useful purposes. Give our meditation to instruction contained in Scripture and the Words of knowledge God’s Spirit placed in those who wrote Scripture. As God’s Words of knowledge fill our ears and hearts, we walk in his ways of success and blessing!
