Proverbs 9:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

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  • Prov 9:4 : 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

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  • Prov 9:3-6
    4 verses
    96%

    3She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:

    4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

    5Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

    6Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 9:13-15
    3 verses
    83%

    13The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

    14And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

    15To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:

  • Prov 8:5
    78%

    5O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 1:20-23
    4 verses
    78%

    20Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

    21She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:

    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

    23Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

  • Prov 9:17
    76%

    17Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

  • Prov 1:32
    76%

    32For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

  • Prov 7:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,

    8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,

  • Prov 14:15
    74%

    15The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.

  • Prov 7:25
    74%

    25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

  • Prov 8:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?

    2On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth;

  • Prov 1:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:

    5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

    6To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

  • Prov 8:9
    73%

    9They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.

  • Prov 16:22
    73%

    22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

    22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

  • Prov 7:12
    73%

    12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 5:6
    72%

    6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.

  • Prov 2:16
    72%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

  • Prov 3:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

  • Prov 14:6
    72%

    6A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

  • Prov 27:12
    72%

    12A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.

  • Prov 15:21
    72%

    21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

  • Prov 7:5
    71%

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 6:26
    71%

    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

  • Prov 2:10
    71%

    10For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

  • Prov 14:18
    71%

    18The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Job 34:16
    71%

    16If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 21:16
    71%

    16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • Prov 2:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

    19None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

  • Prov 22:3
    71%

    3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Prov 19:25
    71%

    25Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

  • Prov 4:7
    71%

    7Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [Therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

  • Prov 2:2
    71%

    2So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

  • Prov 3:13
    71%

    13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.