Proverbs 9:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says:

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:32 : 32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.
  • Prov 9:16 : 16 Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.
  • Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing. 18 If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 9:13-16
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    96%

    13The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.

    14Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,

    15Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says:

    16Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

  • Prov 9:5-6
    2 verses
    83%

    5Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.

    6Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

  • Prov 9:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.

    2She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready.

    3She has sent out her women-servants; her voice goes out to the highest places of the town, saying,

  • Prov 1:20-23
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    20Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;

    21Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:

    22How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

    23Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

  • Prov 8:1-5
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    78%

    1Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?

    2At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place;

    3Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud:

    4I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men.

    5Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

  • Prov 7:7-8
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    75%

    7I saw among the young men one without sense,

    8Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,

  • Prov 7:11-12
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    75%

    11She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house.

    12Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

  • Prov 1:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:

    5(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

  • Prov 7:25
    73%

    25Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

  • Prov 4:5-8
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    73%

    5Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

    6Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

    7The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

    8Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.

    22The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

  • Prov 7:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:

    5So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • Prov 5:8
    71%

    8Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

  • Song 1:8
    71%

    8If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.

  • Prov 5:6
    71%

    6She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

  • Prov 14:15
    71%

    15The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

  • Prov 3:17-18
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    17Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

  • Prov 2:4
    71%

    4If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

  • Prov 2:18
    71%

    18For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

    1Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

  • Prov 14:8
    70%

    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Prov 8:9
    70%

    9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

  • Prov 2:16
    70%

    16To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    26For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

  • Prov 8:34
    70%

    34Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.

  • Prov 2:2
    70%

    2So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

  • Prov 16:22
    70%

    22Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.