Proverbs 9:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,

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  • Prov 9:4 : 4 `Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

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  • Prov 9:3-6
    4 verses
    96%

    3She hath sent forth her damsels, She crieth on the tops of the high places of the city:

    4`Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

    5`Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled.

    6Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 9:13-15
    3 verses
    83%

    13A foolish woman `is' noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.

    14And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne -- the high places of the city,

    15To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight `on' their paths.

  • Prov 8:5
    78%

    5Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

  • Prov 1:20-23
    4 verses
    78%

    20Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,

    21At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:

    22`Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

    23Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.

  • Prov 9:17
    76%

    17`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'

  • Prov 1:32
    76%

    32For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

  • Prov 7:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,

    8Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way `to' her house he doth step,

  • Prov 14:15
    74%

    15The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

  • Prov 7:25
    74%

    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

  • Prov 8:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?

    2At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,

  • Prov 1:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4For giving to simple ones -- prudence, To a youth -- knowledge and discretion.

    5(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

    6For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

  • Prov 8:9
    73%

    9All of them `are' plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

  • Prov 16:22
    73%

    22A fountain of life `is' understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

    22He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

  • Prov 7:12
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    12Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

    8The wisdom of the prudent `is' to understand his way, And the folly of fools `is' deceit.

  • Prov 5:6
    72%

    6The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

  • Prov 2:16
    72%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

  • Prov 3:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Her ways `are' ways of pleasantness, And all her paths `are' peace.

    18A tree of life she `is' to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her `is' happy.

  • Prov 14:6
    72%

    6A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent `is' easy.

  • Prov 27:12
    72%

    12The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

  • Prov 15:21
    72%

    21Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth `his' going.

  • Prov 7:5
    71%

    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • Prov 6:26
    71%

    26For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

  • Prov 2:10
    71%

    10For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

  • Prov 14:18
    71%

    18The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned `with' knowledge.

  • Job 34:16
    71%

    16And if `there is' understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 21:16
    71%

    16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

  • Prov 2:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

    19None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

  • Prov 22:3
    71%

    3The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

  • Prov 19:25
    71%

    25A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

    14The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

  • Prov 4:7
    71%

    7The first thing `is' wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

  • Prov 2:2
    71%

    2To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

  • Prov 3:13
    71%

    13O the happiness of a man `who' hath found wisdom, And of a man `who' bringeth forth understanding.