Proverbs 9:16

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“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 9:3-6
    4 verses
    96%

    3She 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.

    6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

  • Prov 9:13-15
    3 verses
    83%

    13The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.

    14And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

    15calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.

  • Prov 8:5
    78%

    5You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

  • Prov 1:20-23
    4 verses
    78%

    20Warning Against Disregarding Wisdom Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;

    21at 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?

    23You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.

  • Prov 9:17
    76%

    17“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”

  • Prov 1:32
    76%

    32For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 7:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.

    8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house

  • Prov 14:15
    74%

    15A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

  • Prov 7:25
    74%

    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

  • Prov 8:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1The Appeal of Wisdom Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?

    2At the top of the prominent places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she has taken her stand;

  • Prov 1:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4To 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!)

    6To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

  • Prov 8:9
    73%

    9All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.

  • Prov 16:22
    73%

    22Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.

    22Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

  • Prov 7:12
    73%

    12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

  • Prov 5:6
    72%

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Prov 2:16
    72%

    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

  • Prov 3:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

    18She is like a tree of life to those who grasp onto her, and everyone who takes hold of her will be blessed.

  • Prov 14:6
    72%

    6The scorner sought wisdom–there was none, but understanding was easy for a discerning person.

  • Prov 27:12
    72%

    12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.

  • Prov 15:21
    72%

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 7:5
    71%

    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Prov 6:26
    71%

    26for 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.

  • Prov 2:10
    71%

    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

  • Prov 14:18
    71%

    18The naive have inherited folly, but the shrewd will be crowned with knowledge.

  • Job 34:16
    71%

    16God Is Impartial and Omniscient“If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.

  • Prov 21:16
    71%

    16The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

  • Prov 2:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.

    19None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.

  • Prov 22:3
    71%

    3A shrewd person saw danger and hid himself, but the naive passed on by and paid for it.

  • Prov 19:25
    71%

    25Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

    14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 4:7
    71%

    7Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

  • Prov 2:2
    71%

    2by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,

  • Prov 3:13
    71%

    13Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.