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Proverbs 8:5

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O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

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  1. Proverbs 8:3

    She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

  2. Proverbs 8:4

    Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

  3. Proverbs 8:6

    Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

  4. Proverbs 8:7

    For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.