Proverbs 9:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עִזְב֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם וִֽחְי֑וּ וְ֝אִשְׁר֗וּ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ בִּינָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʿizbû ptāʾîm wiḥyû wʾišrû bderek bînâ

Grammar Details

*ʿizbû*: verb, Qal imperative masculine plural - forsake/leave
*ptāʾîm*: masculine plural noun - simple ones/naive ones
*wiḥyû*: conjunction with verb, Qal imperative masculine plural - and live
*wʾišrû*: conjunction with verb, Qal imperative masculine plural - and walk straight/advance
*bderek*: preposition with noun construct - in way of
*bînâ*: feminine noun - understanding/discernment

Word Meanings

*ʿizbû*: forsake/leave/abandon
*ptāʾîm*: simple ones/naive ones/immature persons
*wiḥyû*: and live/survive/be well
*wʾišrû*: and walk straight/go forward/advance
*bînâ*: understanding/discernment/insight

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 13:20 : 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Prov 4:11 : 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
Prov 10:17 : 17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Acts 2:40 : 40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Ps 26:4-6 : 4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Ps 45:10 : 10 Hearken{H8798)}, O daughter, and consider{H8798)}, and incline{H8685)} thine ear; forget{H8798)} also thine own people, and thy father's house;
Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

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