Proverbs 9:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, she sayth,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:32 : 32 But he that committeth adulterie with a woman, he is destitute of vnderstanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule.
  • Prov 9:16 : 16 Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, shee sayth also,
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Iesus answered, and saide, I giue thee thankes, O Father, Lord of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and men of vnderstanding, and hast opened them vnto babes.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.
  • Ps 19:7 : 7 The Lawe of the Lord is perfite, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of the Lord is sure, and giueth wisedome vnto the simple.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 For thou saiest, I am rich and increased with goods, and haue neede of nothing, and knowest not howe thou art wretched and miserable, and poore, and blinde, and naked. 18 I counsell thee to bye of me gold tried by the fire, that thou maiest bee made rich: and white raiment, that thou maiest be clothed, and that thy filthie nakednesse doe not appeare: and anoynt thine eyes with eye salue, that thou maiest see.
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come; let him that heareth, say, Come: and let him that is a thirst, come: and let whosoeuer will, take of the water of life freely.

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  • Prov 9:13-16
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    96%

    13A foolish woman is troublesome: she is ignorant, and knoweth nothing.

    14But she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate in the hie places of the citie,

    15To call them that passe by the way, that go right on their way, saying,

    16Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, shee sayth also,

  • Prov 9:5-6
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    83%

    5Come, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen.

    6Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.

  • Prov 9:1-3
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    81%

    1Wisedome hath built her house, and hewen out her seuen pillars.

    2She hath killed her vitailes, drawen her wine, and prepared her table.

    3She hath sent forth her maydens and cryeth vpon the highest places of the citie, saying,

  • Prov 1:20-23
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    20Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.

    21She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,

    22O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?

    23(Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)

  • Prov 8:1-5
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    1Doeth not wisedome crie? and vnderstanding vtter her voyce?

    2She standeth in the top of the high places by the way in the place of the paths.

    3She cryeth besides the gates before the citie at the entrie of the doores,

    4O men, I call vnto you, and vtter my voyce to the children of men.

    5O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.

  • Prov 7:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding,

    8Who passed through the streete by her corner, and went toward her house,

  • Prov 7:11-12
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    11(She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.

    12Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)

  • Prov 1:4-5
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    4To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.

    5A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

  • Prov 7:25
    73%

    25Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.

  • Prov 4:5-8
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    5Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

    6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.

    7Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.

    8Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    73%

    21Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.

    22And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,

  • Prov 1:32
    73%

    32For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.

  • Prov 7:4-5
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    4Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,

    5That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.

  • Prov 5:8
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    8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,

  • Song 1:8
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    8If thou knowe not, O thou the fairest among women, get thee foorth by the steps of the flocke, and feede thy kiddes by the tents of the shepheards.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.

  • Prov 14:15
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    15The foolish will beleeue euery thing: but the prudent will consider his steppes.

  • Prov 3:17-18
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    17Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.

    18She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.

  • Prov 2:4
    71%

    4If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures,

  • Prov 2:18
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    18Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish destroyeth it with her owne handes.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

  • Prov 8:9
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    9They are all plaine to him that will vnderstande, and streight to them that woulde finde knowledge.

  • Prov 2:16
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    16And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.

  • Prov 6:26
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    26For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.

  • Prov 8:34
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    34Blessed is the man that heareth mee, watching dayly at my gates, & giuing attendance at the postes of my doores.

  • Prov 2:2
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    2And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Vnderstading is welspring of life vnto them that haue it: and the instruction of fooles is folly.