Proverbs 8:5
“O yee simple, vnderstand wisedome: and yee fooles, be yee of an vnderstanding heart.”
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Proverbs 8:5 Context
3She cryeth at the gates, at the entrie of the citie, at the comming in at the doores. 4Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sonnes of man. 5O yee simple, vnderstand wisedome: and yee fooles, be yee of an vnderstanding heart. 6Heare, for I will speake of excellent things: and the opening of my lippes shalbe right things. 7For my mouth shall speake truth, and wickednesse is an abomination to my lippes.
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O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
- King James Version
"O naive ones, understand prudence; And, O fools, understand wisdom.
- New American Standard Version (1995)