# General Information:

Verse 17 begins the introduction to a new section. The exact identity of the "Wise Men" is unknown.

# Incline your ear and listen

"Pay attention and listen" or "Listen attentively". See Proverbs 4:20.

# the words of the wise

"what wise people say"

# apply your heart to

"do your best to understand and remember"

# my knowledge

"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."