Proverbs 9:6
Forsake simplicity, and live; and go onward on the way of understanding.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
In Context
5“Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Cross References
Psalms 45:10(45:11) Hearken, O daughter, and look, and incline thy ear, and forget thy own people, and thy father's house:
Proverbs 4:11In the way of wisdom have I instructed thee: I have led thee in the tracks of uprightness.
Proverbs 8:35For he who findeth me findeth life, and he obtaineth favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 10:17On the way unto life is he that observeth correction; but he that forsaketh reproof is in error.
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 →