Proverbs 9:6

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:20 : 20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Prov 4:11 : 11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
  • Prov 10:17 : 17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. 14 How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
  • Acts 2:40 : 40 With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation!"
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
  • Rev 18:4 : 4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don't receive of her plagues,
  • Ps 26:4-6 : 4 I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites. 5 I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked. 6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh;
  • Ps 45:10 : 10 Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.
  • Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments 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%

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

    7Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.

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

  • Prov 8:5
    79%

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

  • Prov 9:16
    79%

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

  • Prov 9:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    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!

  • Prov 16:22
    76%

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

  • Prov 1:32
    75%

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

  • Prov 1:22
    75%

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

  • Prov 21:16
    75%

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

  • Prov 14:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

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

    16A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

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

  • Prov 15:21
    74%

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

  • Prov 10:17
    74%

    17He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

  • Prov 12:15
    74%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

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

  • Prov 23:9
    74%

    9Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 1:15
    74%

    15My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

    15Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 4:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

    6Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

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

  • Prov 14:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 19:25
    73%

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

  • Prov 1:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

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

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

    7The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

  • Prov 15:24
    73%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 13:16
    73%

    16Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

  • Prov 13:20
    73%

    20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Ps 94:8
    73%

    8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

  • Prov 16:17
    73%

    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 14:33
    73%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

    19Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

  • Eccl 7:17
    72%

    17Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

  • Prov 17:24
    72%

    24Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

  • Eph 5:15
    72%

    15Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

  • Prov 19:27
    72%

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

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 9:9
    72%

    9Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Prov 13:14
    72%

    14The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

  • Prov 8:33
    72%

    33Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.

  • Prov 2:11
    72%

    11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

  • Prov 27:12
    71%

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

  • Prov 5:23
    71%

    23He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.