“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.”
As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 9:16 in context
Proverbs 9:13–18
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The foolish woman is loud,
undisciplined, and knows nothing.
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She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat in the high places of the city,
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to call to those who pass by,
who go straight on their ways,
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Selected verse
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.”
As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
17
“Stolen water is sweet.
Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
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