Proverbs 9:6
Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
In Context
5Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
Cross References
Psalms 45:10Hearken, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget thine own people and thy father's house:
Proverbs 4:11I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.
Proverbs 8:35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;
Proverbs 10:17Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.
Matthew 7:13Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.
Acts 2:40And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:2-13
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He that… Read the whole commentary →