Proverbs 9:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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High concordance with source wording
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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Prov 6:32 : 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Prov 9:16 : 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Ps 119:130 : 130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because thou sayest , I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him 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%
13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Prov 9:5-6
2 verses
83%
5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Prov 9:1-3
3 verses
81%
1Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
Prov 1:20-23
4 verses
79%
20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Prov 8:1-5
5 verses
78%
1Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Prov 7:7-8
2 verses
75%
7And 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 7:11-12
2 verses
75%
11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Prov 1:4-5
2 verses
73%
4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Prov 7:25
73%
25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Prov 4:5-8
4 verses
73%
5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Prov 7:21-22
2 verses
73%
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Prov 1:32
73%
32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Prov 7:4-5
2 verses
72%
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Prov 5:8
71%
8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Song 1:8
71%
8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Prov 5:6
71%
6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Prov 14:15
71%
15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Prov 3:17-18
2 verses
71%
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 2:4
71%
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Prov 2:18
71%
18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Prov 14:1
70%
1Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Prov 14:8
70%
8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Prov 8:9
70%
9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Prov 2:16
70%
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Prov 6:26
70%
26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
Prov 8:34
70%
34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Prov 2:2
70%
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Prov 16:22
70%
22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.