Proverbs 9:16
saying, Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that lack prudence, saying,
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
In Context
15calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
17Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:4Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that lack understanding she says,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:14-18
The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We have heard what… Read the whole commentary →