Proverbs 9:16
“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,
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- Prov 9:4 : 4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,
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- Prov 9:3-64 verses96%
3 She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.
4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,
5 “Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.
6 Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”
- Prov 9:13-153 verses83%
13 The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.
14 And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15 calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.
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5 You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!
- Prov 1:20-234 verses78%
20 Warning Against Disregarding Wisdom Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;
21 at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:
22 “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?
23 You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.
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17 “Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”
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32 For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.
- Prov 7:7-82 verses75%
7 and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.
8 He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house
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15 A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.
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25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;
- Prov 8:1-22 verses74%
1 The Appeal of Wisdom Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
2 At the top of the prominent places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she has taken her stand;
- Prov 1:4-63 verses73%
4 To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, a discerning plan to the young person.
5 (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
6 To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.
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9 All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.
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22 Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
- Prov 7:21-222 verses73%
21 She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.
22 Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare
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12 at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)
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8 The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
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6 Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.
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16 to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;
- Prov 3:17-182 verses72%
17 Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
18 She is like a tree of life to those who grasp onto her, and everyone who takes hold of her will be blessed.
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6 The scorner sought wisdom–there was none, but understanding was easy for a discerning person.
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12 A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.
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21 Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.
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5 so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.
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26 for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.
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10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.
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18 The naive have inherited folly, but the shrewd will be crowned with knowledge.
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16 God Is Impartial and Omniscient“If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.
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16 The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.
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18 For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.
19 None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.
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3 A shrewd person saw danger and hid himself, but the naive passed on by and paid for it.
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25 Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.
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14 The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
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7 Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!
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2 by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,
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13 Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.