Proverbs 9:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 6:32 : 32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul.
  • Prov 9:16 : 16 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be 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 Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and do not know that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eyesalve, that you may see.
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who hears say, Come. And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 9:13-16
    4 verses
    96%

    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:

    16Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

  • Prov 9:5-6
    2 verses
    83%

    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 9:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1Wisdom has built her house, she has carved out her seven pillars:

    2She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

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

  • Prov 1:20-23
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    79%

    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 8:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    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.

    3She cries at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors.

    4To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of men.

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

  • 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 7:11-12
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    75%

    11She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay at home:

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

  • Prov 1:4-5
    2 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;

  • Prov 7:25
    73%

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

  • Prov 4:5-8
    4 verses
    73%

    5Get wisdom, get understanding: do not forget it; neither turn away from the words of my mouth.

    6Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you: love her, and she will keep you.

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

    8Exalt her, and she will promote you: she will bring you to honor, when you 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 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 1:32
    73%

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

  • Prov 7:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Say to wisdom, You are my sister, and call understanding your kinswoman.

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

  • Prov 5:8
    71%

    8Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house:

  • Song 1:8
    71%

    8If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the trail of the flock, and feed your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.

  • Prov 5:6
    71%

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

  • Prov 14:15
    71%

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

  • Prov 3:17-18
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    71%

    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 2:4
    71%

    4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

  • Prov 2:18
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    18For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead.

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

    1Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears 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 who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

  • Prov 2:16
    70%

    16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words;

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    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 8:34
    70%

    34Blessed is the one who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

  • Prov 2:2
    70%

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

  • Prov 16:22
    70%

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