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Proverbs 9

Prov. 9:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forsake
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
the foolish
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}
, and live
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
; and go
'ashar (Hebrew #833)
a primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper
KJV usage: (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.
Pronounce: aw-shar'
Origin: or rasher {aw-share'}
in the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of understanding
biynah (Hebrew #998)
understanding
KJV usage: knowledge , meaning, X perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: bee-naw'
Origin: from 995
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Cross References

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Forsake.
Prov. 4:14‑15• 14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
 15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. (Prov. 4:14‑15)
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Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. (Prov. 13:20)
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Psa. 26:4‑6• 4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
 5I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
 6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord: (Psa. 26:4‑6)
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Psa. 45:10• 10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; (Psa. 45:10)
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Psa. 119:115• 115Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. (Psa. 119:115)
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Acts 2:40• 40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. (Acts 2:40)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Rev. 18:4• 4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Rev. 18:4)
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Prov. 4:11• 11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. (Prov. 4:11)
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Prov. 10:17• 17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. (Prov. 10:17)
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Matt. 7:13‑14• 13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
 14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matt. 7:13‑14)
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Luke 13:24• 24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. (Luke 13:24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Forsake folliesg and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "simplicities." plural of "simple," vers. 4,16; ch. 1.4.

W. Kelly Translation

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Forsake folliesa and live,{HR}And go in the way of understanding.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, simplicities.