Devine Scripture

Proverbs 9:6

Proverbs chapter 9 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

Context

v.5Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

v.6This passage

v.7He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 9:11

    For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

  • Matthew 7:13

    Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.

  • Psalms 26:4

    I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

  • Revelation 18:4

    And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:

  • Psalms 119:115

    Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.

  • Psalms 45:10

    Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house: