Proverbs 9:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:32 : 32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.
  • Prov 9:16 : 16 "Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus said, 'I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.'
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Understand prudence, you simple ones; and you fools, gain a discerning heart.
  • Ps 19:7 : 7 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The unfolding of Your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because you say, 'I am rich, I have become wealthy, and I don’t need anything,' yet you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may become rich; white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed; and ointment to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let the one who hears say, "Come!" Let the one who is thirsty come, and let the one who desires take the water of life freely.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 9:13-16
    4 verses
    96%

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 9:5-6
    2 verses
    83%

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

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

  • Prov 9:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

    2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

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

  • Prov 1:20-23
    4 verses
    79%

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 8:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

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

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

    3 Beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries out.

    4 To you, O men, I call out, and my voice is to the people of humankind.

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

  • Prov 7:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Prov 7:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 She is loud and rebellious; her feet do not stay at home.

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

  • Prov 1:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Prov 7:25
    73%

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

  • Prov 4:5-8
    4 verses
    73%

    5 Acquire wisdom; acquire understanding. Do not forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

    6 Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; love her, and she will protect you.

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

    8 Prize her, and she will exalt you; she will honor you when you embrace her.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Prov 1:32
    73%

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

  • Prov 7:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 Say to wisdom, 'You are my sister,' and call understanding your close relative.

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

  • Prov 5:8
    71%

    8 Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

  • Song 1:8
    71%

    8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats near the shepherds' tents.

  • Prov 5:6
    71%

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

  • Prov 14:15
    71%

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

  • Prov 3:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

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

    18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and those who hold her fast are blessed.

  • Prov 2:4
    71%

    4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

  • Prov 2:18
    71%

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

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

    1 Wise women build their homes, but foolish ones tear theirs down with their own hands.

  • Prov 14:8
    70%

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

  • Prov 8:9
    70%

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

  • Prov 2:16
    70%

    16 It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

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

  • Prov 8:34
    70%

    34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the doorposts of my entrances.

  • Prov 2:2
    70%

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

  • Prov 16:22
    70%

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