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Proverbs 8:5 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 8 · verse 5
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.Proverbs 8:5 · King James Version
Proverbs 8:5 in context
3She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- understandbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- simplepᵉthîysillyH6612 →
- wisdomʻormâhtrickeryH6195 →
- foolskᵉçîylproperly, fatH3684 →
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The will of God revealed to us for our salvation is here largely represented to us as easy to be known and understood, that none may have an excuse for their ignorance or error, and as worthy to be embraced, that none may have an excuse for their carelessness and unbelief. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11