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 # General Information:
 
-Verse 17 begins the introduction to a new section of the Book of Proverbs.
+Verse 17 begins the introduction to a new section.
 
 # Incline your ear and listen
 
-Here the word "ear" represents the person who is listening. The writer speaks of listening attentively to someone as if it were leaning forward so that the ear is closer to the one speaking. See how you translated "incline your ear" in [Proverbs 4:20](../04/20.md). Alternate translation: "Pay attention and listen" or "Listen attentively" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"Pay attention and listen" or "Listen attentively". See Proverbs 4:20.
 
 # the words of the wise
 
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ Here the word "ear" represents the person who is listening. The writer speaks of
 
 # apply your heart to
 
-This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "do your best to understand and remember" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
+"do your best to understand and remember"
 
 # my knowledge
 
-The person speaking is probably the same as the father from [Proverbs 1:8](../01/08.md). He may be speaking of "the words of the wise" as "my knowledge." The abstract noun "knowledge" can be stated as "know." Alternate translation: "the knowledge I have, which I am sharing with you" or "what I know" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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+"the knowledge I have, which I am sharing with you" or "what I know". The person speaking is probably the same as the father from Proverbs 1:8. He may be speaking of "the words of the wise" as "my knowledge." 
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