Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 8:5
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Berean Standard Bible
O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
King James Version
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
World English Bible
You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!
American Standard Version
O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 8
3 Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
4 “To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
5 O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
6 Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
7 For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
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