Proverbs 9:6
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- KJV
- Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
- WEB
- Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
- ASV
- Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
- DARBY
- Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
- BLB
- Forsake foolishness, and live, and walk in the way of understanding.”
- ÅB
- Gi avkall på deres uforstand, så skal dere leve, og gå bent fram på forstandens vei!
- OTB
- Forlat deres dårskap og lev; gå på innsiktens vei."
- B1930
- Opgi eders uforstand, så skal I leve, og gå bent frem på forstandens vei!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Read in contextProverbs 4:11
I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
Read in contextLuke 13:24
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Read in contextProverbs 4:14–15
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
Read in contextPsalms 119:115
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Read in contextProverbs 8:35
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
Read in contextActs 2:40
With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
Read in context