27 Bible Verses About Simplicity

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: