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Proverbs 9

Prov. 9:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whoso is simple
pthiy (Hebrew #6612)
or pthaeiy {peth-aw-ee'}; from 6601; silly (i.e. seducible)
KJV usage: foolish, simple(-icity, one).
Pronounce: peth-ee'
Origin: or pethiy {peh'-thee}
, let him turn in
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
hither: as for him that wanteth
chacer (Hebrew #2638)
lacking; hence, without
KJV usage: destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
Pronounce: khaw-sare'
Origin: from 2637
understanding
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, she saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
to him,

Cross References

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Prov. 9:16• 16Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither.{HR}And to him that is void of understanding she saith, (Prov. 9:16)
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Prov. 1:22• 22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness,{HR}And scorners delight them in scorning,{HR}And fools hate wisdom? (Prov. 1:22)
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Prov. 6:32• 32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding;{HR}He [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (Prov. 6:32)
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Prov. 8:5• 5O ye simple, understand prudence;{HR}And, ye foolish, be of understanding heart. (Prov. 8:5)
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Psa. 19:7• 7The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, restoring the soul;{HR}The testimony of Jehovah [is] true, making wise the simple. (Psa. 19:7)
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Psa. 119:130• 130The opening of thy words enlighteneth,{HR}Giving understanding to simple ones. (Psa. 119:130)
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Matt. 11:25• 25At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes. (Matt. 11:25)
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Rev. 3:17‑18• 17Because thou sayest, I am rich and am become rich and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable and poor and blind and naked;
 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire that thou mayest wax rich, and white garments that thou mayest be clothed and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifested; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:17‑18)
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Rev. 22:17• 17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come; and let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come; let him that willeth take life's water freely. (Rev. 22:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understandingf, she saith,

JND Translation Notes

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As ch. 6.32; and ver. 16.

W. Kelly Translation

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Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither.{HR}To him that is void of understanding she saith,