Proverbs 9:4 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 9:4

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

KJV

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ASV

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

WEB

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

YLT

`Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

DBT

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Psalms 119:130
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
John 6:54
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Proverbs 6:32
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Psalms 25:8
Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

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Our Saviour came, not to call the righteous, but sinners, not the wise in their own eyes, who say they see ( John ix. 41 ), but the simple, those who are sensible of their simplicity and ashamed of it, and him that is willing to become a fool, that he may be wise, 1 Cor. iii. (2.) What the invitation is. [1.] We are invited to Wisdom's house: Turn in hither.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Wisdom not only supplies right but forbids wrong principles. 7, 8. shame--(Compare Pr 3:35). a blot--or, "stain on character." Both terms denote the evil done by others to one whose faithfulness secures a wise man's love.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

), that it is folly, is here very unjustly retorted upon the ways of virtue; but the day will declare who are the fools.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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