Proverbs 9:6

Proverbs 9:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
• New International Version (NIV)Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.

Context of Proverbs 9:6

4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment. 5“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.” 7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. 8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:6 word by word

עִזְב֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם וִֽחְי֑וּ וְ֝אִשְׁר֗וּ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ בִּינָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Leave your follyפֶּ֫תִיpethîy pethîy pethâ'îy · simpleH6612
• behindעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• and you will liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• walkאָשַׁר'âshar 'âshêr · to blessH833
• in the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• of understandingבִּינָהbîynâh · understandingH998

Cross-references for Proverbs 9:6

• Proverbs 4:14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
• Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
• Psalms 26:4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
• Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
• Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
• Acts 2:40With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
• 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.”
• 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.
• Proverbs 4:11I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
• Proverbs 10:17Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
• 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.
• 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.

Commentaries on Proverbs 9:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Forsake the foolish - For the companion of fools must be a fool. And live - Answer the end for which thou wert born.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Wisdom helps people handle life well.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. (Compare Pr 1:4; 6:32). Wisdom not only supplies right but forbids wrong principles.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 9:6

• Company
• Fellowship
• Fool
• Repentance
• Salvation
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Blot
• Forsake
• Mouth
• Secret
• Stolen
• Tender
• Fool; Folly
• Go
• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings