6Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.


In Context

3 She hath sent forth her damsels, She crieth on the tops of the high places of the city:

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

5 'Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled.

6 Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

7 The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it — shame, And a reprover of the wicked — his blemish.

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

Proverbs 9:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:6Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:6Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.