Proverbs 9:6
Forsake ye young childhood, and live ye; and go ye by the way of prudence. (Abandon ye foolishness, and have life; and go ye on the way of understanding.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 45:10Daughter, hear thou, and see, and bow down thine ear; and forget thy (own) people, and the house of thy father.
Proverbs 4:11I shall show to thee the way of wisdom; and I shall lead thee by the paths of equity (or and I shall lead thee on the fair ways).
Proverbs 8:35He that findeth me, shall find life; and he shall draw health of the Lord. (He who findeth me, shall find life; and he shall obtain favour from the Lord.)
Proverbs 10:17The way of life is to him that keepeth chastising; but he that forsaketh blamings, erreth. (The way of life is for him who receiveth discipline; but he who forsaketh rebukes, erreth.)
Matthew 7:13Enter ye by the strait gate (or Enter by the narrow gate); for the gate that leadeth to perdition, [or to damnation], is large, and the way is broad, and there be many that enter by it.
Acts 2:40Also with other words full many he witnessed to them, and admonished them, and said, Be ye saved from this shrewd [or from this wicked] generation. (And with a great many other words he testified to them, and admonished them, and said, Save yourselves from this depraved 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 →