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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live; learn to use good judgment.”

Context of Proverbs 9:6

4“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says, 5“Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.” 7Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse. 8Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.

Proverbs 9:6 word by word

עִזְב֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם וִֽחְי֑וּ וְ֝אִשְׁר֗וּ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ בִּינָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forsakeעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• the foolishפֶּ֫תִיpethîy pethîy pethâ'îy · simpleH6612
• and liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• and goאָשַׁר'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 13:20Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
• Psalms 26:4I do not sit with the deceitful, nor do I associate with hypocrites.
• Psalms 45:10Listen, daughter, and pay careful attention: Forget your people and your father’s house.
• Psalms 119:115Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
• Acts 2:40With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”
• 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, “Come out from 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, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
• Proverbs 4:11I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
• Proverbs 10:17Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
• Matthew 7:13“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
• Luke 13:24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

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