Proverbs 9:6

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“Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.””

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BSBPD

“Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 9:6 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 26:4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
  2. Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
  3. Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
  4. Proverbs 4:11I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
  5. Proverbs 4:14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
  6. Proverbs 8:35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
  7. Proverbs 9:11For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
  8. Proverbs 10:17Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
  9. Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
  10. Matthew 7:13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
  11. Luke 13:24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
  12. Acts 2:40With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
  13. 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
  14. Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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