Proverbs 9:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

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  • Prov 9:4 : 4 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

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  • Prov 9:3-6
    4 verses
    96%

    3She has sent out her maidens: she cries out on the highest places of the city,

    4Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

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

    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 9:13-15
    3 verses
    83%

    13A foolish woman is loud: she is simple, and knows nothing.

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

    15To call those who pass by who go straight on their ways:

  • Prov 8:5
    78%

    5O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 1:20-23
    4 verses
    78%

    20Wisdom cries out outside; she raises her voice in the streets;

    21She cries out in the chief places of concourse, at the openings of the gates; she speaks her words in the city, saying,

    22"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

    23Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.

  • Prov 9:17
    76%

    17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

  • Prov 1:32
    76%

    32For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 7:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

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

    8Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house,

  • Prov 14:15
    74%

    15The simple believes every word, but the prudent man considers his steps carefully.

  • Prov 7:25
    74%

    25Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths.

  • Prov 8:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding raise her voice?

    2She stands on the top of high places, by the way where the paths meet.

  • Prov 1:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

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

  • Prov 8:9
    73%

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

  • Prov 16:22
    73%

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she prevailed over him.

    22He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

  • Prov 7:12
    73%

    12Sometimes she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 5:6
    72%

    6Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, so that you cannot know them.

  • Prov 2:16
    72%

    16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her 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 lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone who retains her.

  • Prov 14:6
    72%

    6A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

  • Prov 27:12
    72%

    12A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 15:21
    72%

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 7:5
    71%

    5That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 6:26
    71%

    26For by means of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

  • Prov 2:10
    71%

    10When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul;

  • Prov 14:18
    71%

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

  • Job 34:16
    71%

    16If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 21:16
    71%

    16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Prov 2:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead.

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

  • Prov 22:3
    71%

    3A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 19:25
    71%

    25Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 4:7
    71%

    7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting, get understanding.

  • Prov 2:2
    71%

    2So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

  • Prov 3:13
    71%

    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.