Bede, on Prov 2:2

“That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:”

“That your ear may listen to wisdom. For he is proven not to listen to wisdom with his ear, who, receiving the words of God only through the hearing of the body, does not retain them in memory to perform them. Therefore, if you receive God's commandments with a fixed love for learning and keeping them, first hold to the path of humility...”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.