Proverbs 9:6
Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.
Young's Literal Translation
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 I have mingled.
7The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it — shame, And a reprover of the wicked — his blemish.
Cross References
Psalms 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,
Proverbs 4:11In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
Proverbs 8:35For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
Proverbs 10:17A traveller to life [is] he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.
Matthew 7:13'Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide [is] the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;
Acts 2:40Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, 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 →