Proverbs 9:16

World English Bible (2000)

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of 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 is void of understanding, she says to him,

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  • Prov 9:3-6
    4 verses
    96%

    3 She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:

    4 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

    5 "Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

    6 Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."

  • Prov 9:13-15
    3 verses
    83%

    13 The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.

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

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

  • Prov 8:5
    78%

    5 You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 1:20-23
    4 verses
    78%

    20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

    21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

    22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

    23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

  • Prov 9:17
    76%

    17 "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

  • Prov 1:32
    76%

    32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 7:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

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

  • Prov 14:15
    74%

    15 A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

  • Prov 7:25
    74%

    25 Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,

  • Prov 8:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice?

    2 On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.

  • Prov 1:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man:

    5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

    6 to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

  • Prov 8:9
    73%

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

  • Prov 16:22
    73%

    22 Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

    22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

  • Prov 7:12
    73%

    12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

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

  • Prov 5:6
    72%

    6 She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.

  • Prov 2:16
    72%

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

  • Prov 3:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

    18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

  • Prov 14:6
    72%

    6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

  • Prov 27:12
    72%

    12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Prov 15:21
    72%

    21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 7:5
    71%

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

  • Prov 6:26
    71%

    26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

  • Prov 2:10
    71%

    10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

  • Prov 14:18
    71%

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

  • Job 34:16
    71%

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

  • Prov 21:16
    71%

    16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • Prov 2:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

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

    19 None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

  • Prov 22:3
    71%

    3 A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Prov 19:25
    71%

    25 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

    14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

  • Prov 4:7
    71%

    7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

  • Prov 2:2
    71%

    2 So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

  • Prov 3:13
    71%

    13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.