A moment in scripture
Proverbs 9:6
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Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 9:4
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
- Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
- Proverbs 9:7
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
- Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.