Bible verse
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Proverbs 9:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 9.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
KJV
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
ASV
Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
ERV
Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.
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