Proverbs 9:16

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"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

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  • Prov 9:4 : 4 "Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

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  • Prov 9:3-6
    4 verses
    96%

    3She has sent out her maidens; she calls out from the highest points of the city,

    4"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

    5Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

    6Leave your simple ways and live; walk in the way of understanding."

  • Prov 9:13-15
    3 verses
    83%

    13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

    14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

    15calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,

  • Prov 8:5
    78%

    5Understand prudence, you simple ones; and you fools, gain a discerning heart.

  • Prov 1:20-23
    4 verses
    78%

    20Wisdom cries aloud in the streets; in the public squares, she raises her voice.

    21At the head of the noisy streets, she calls out; at the city gates, she makes her speech.

    22How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

    23If you turn at my correction, behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

  • Prov 9:17
    76%

    17Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious.

  • Prov 1:32
    76%

    32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 7:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding.

    8Passing through the street near her corner, he took the path to her house.

  • Prov 14:15
    74%

    15The simple believe everything, but the prudent carefully consider their steps.

  • Prov 7:25
    74%

    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

  • Prov 8:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Does not wisdom call out? And does not understanding raise her voice?

    2On the heights along the way, at the crossroads, she takes her stand.

  • Prov 1:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4To give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth—

    5Let the wise hear and increase their learning, and the one who understands gain guidance,

    6To understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

  • Prov 8:9
    73%

    9They are all plain to those who understand, and right to those who find knowledge.

  • Prov 16:22
    73%

    22Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him.

    22He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles.

  • Prov 7:12
    73%

    12Now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner, she lurks.

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 5:6
    72%

    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

  • Prov 2:16
    72%

    16It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering 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 those who take hold of her, and those who hold her fast are blessed.

  • Prov 14:6
    72%

    6A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge is easy for a discerning person.

  • Prov 27:12
    72%

    12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

  • Prov 15:21
    72%

    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • Prov 7:5
    71%

    5To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 6:26
    71%

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

  • Prov 2:10
    71%

    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

  • Prov 14:18
    71%

    18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Job 34:16
    71%

    16If you have understanding, listen to this; pay attention to the sound of my words.

  • Prov 21:16
    71%

    16A person who wanders from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • Prov 2:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits.

    19None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.

  • Prov 22:3
    71%

    3The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

  • Prov 19:25
    71%

    25Strike a scoffer, and the simple will gain wisdom; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

    14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 4:7
    71%

    7Wisdom is supreme—acquire wisdom. Though it costs you all you have, gain understanding.

  • Prov 2:2
    71%

    2making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,

  • Prov 3:13
    71%

    13Blessed is the one who finds wisdom and the one who obtains understanding.