“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 9:4 in context
Proverbs 9:1–7
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Wisdom has built her house.
She has carved out her seven pillars.
2
She has prepared her meat.
She has mixed her wine.
She has also set her table.
3
She has sent out her maidens.
She cries from the highest places of the city:
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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,
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“Come, eat some of my bread,
Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
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Leave your simple ways, and live.
Walk in the way of understanding.”
7
One who corrects a mocker invites insult.
One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
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