Proverbs 9:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:20 : 20 The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Prov 4:11 : 11 I hereby guide you in the way of wisdom and I lead you in upright paths.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil. 15 Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For the one who finds me has found life and received favor from the LORD.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
  • Prov 10:17 : 17 The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 The Narrow Gate“Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 How narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and there are few who find it!
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 “Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
  • Acts 2:40 : 40 With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying,“Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore“come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord,“and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
  • Rev 18:4 : 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,“Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues,
  • Ps 26:4-6 : 4 I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest. 5 I hate the mob of evil men, and do not associate with the wicked. 6 I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O LORD,
  • Ps 45:10 : 10 Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!
  • Ps 119:115 : 115 Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

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

    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

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

  • Prov 8:5
    79%

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

  • Prov 9:16
    79%

    16“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,

  • Prov 9:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Prov 16:22
    76%

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

  • Prov 1:32
    75%

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

  • Prov 1:22
    75%

    22“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?

  • Prov 21:16
    75%

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

  • Prov 14:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

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

    16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

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

  • Prov 15:21
    74%

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

  • Prov 10:17
    74%

    17The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

  • Prov 12:15
    74%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.

  • Prov 23:9
    74%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 1:15
    74%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Prov 4:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

    6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

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

  • Prov 14:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 19:25
    73%

    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 1:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

    7Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.

  • Prov 15:24
    73%

    24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 13:16
    73%

    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Prov 13:20
    73%

    20The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Ps 94:8
    73%

    8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

  • Prov 16:17
    73%

    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Prov 14:33
    73%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

    19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • Eccl 7:17
    72%

    17Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.

  • Prov 17:24
    72%

    24Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

  • Eph 5:15
    72%

    15Live Wisely Therefore consider carefully how you live– not as unwise but as wise,

  • Prov 19:27
    72%

    27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Prov 9:9
    72%

    9Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

  • Prov 13:14
    72%

    14Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.

  • Prov 8:33
    72%

    33Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.

  • Prov 2:11
    72%

    11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

  • Prov 27:12
    71%

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

  • Prov 5:23
    71%

    23He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.