Proverbs 9:16
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
BSB
ASV
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
KJV
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither - Folly or pleasure here personified, uses the very same expressions as employed by Wisdom, Pro 9:4. Wisdom says, “Let the simple turn in to me.” No, says Folly, “Let the simple turn in to me.” If he turn in to Wisdom, his folly shall be taken away and he shall become wise; if he turn in to Foliy, his darkness will be thickened, and his folly will remain. Wisdom sets up her school to instruct the ignorant: Folly sets her school up next door, to defeat the designs of Wisdom.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk5
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 9:4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
leads to
He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
