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Proverbs 22:17
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching. For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
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Interpretation

Wisdom shapes a incline ear that is worked out in concrete decisions in Proverbs 22:17—look for "turn" and "ear". Choose incline ear in how we make amends—let wisdom become a road.

Context

Proverbs speaks here as poetry/wisdom writing, developing incline ear. Read in Proverbs 22, its force becomes clearer. It also intersects wisdom & worship. Listen for “turn” alongside “ear”.

Authorship & Historical Background

Long‑standing tradition credits Proverbs to Solomon & sages. Many scholars judge Proverbs as follows: Wisdom collection assembled over time.. Scholars commonly date Proverbs Developed in stages from monarchy to post‑exilic times.. Here the thread of wisdom & worship comes into view.

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Traditional:Solomon & sages
Modern scholarship:Wisdom anthology compiled in stages.
Date:Monarchic to post‑exilic.
Manuscripts & Textual Witnesses
In the Masoretic tradition the Hebrew text is preserved with remarkable accuracy. The Dead Sea Scrolls (1947-1956 discoveries) confirm the Hebrew text's reliability, showing minimal variation over 1000+ years of transmission.