Proverbs 8:5
O ye simple ones, understand armah (prudence); 1 and, ye kesilim, understand in your lev. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
In Context
4Unto you, O ishim, I call out; 1 and my voice is to the Bnei Adam. 1
Cross References
Psalms 94:8Understand, ye brutish among the people; 1 and ye kesilim (fools), when will ye get seichel? 1
Proverbs 1:22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1
Isaiah 42:13Hashem shall go forth like a Gibbor, 1 He shall arouse kina (zeal) like an ish milchamah; 1 He shall shout, indeed, raise a war cry; 1 He shall prevail against His oyevim. 1
Acts 26:18To open their eyes, to turn them from choshech to ohr and from the samchut of HaSatan to Hashem, that they receive selichat avon and nachalah among the ones having been set apart in kedushah by emunah in me. + 26:18 Isa 35:5; Ps 18:28; Isa 42:7,16
1 Corinthians 6:9Or do you not have da'as that the resha'im (unrighteous ones) will not inherit the Malchut Hashem? Do not be deceived! Neither zannayim (fornicators), nor ovdei elilim (idolaters), nor mena'afim (adulterers), nor effeminate call boys nor homosexuals, + 6:9 Job 13:9; Lv 18:20; Dt 22:22; Lv 18:22
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:2-12
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. 4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. 6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7 For my mouth shall… Read the whole commentary →