Proverbs 7:4–7

²So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

³Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

⁴If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

⁶Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

⁷Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

⁸Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

¹⁴I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

¹O THAT thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

²⁷¶ And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

²⁸But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

⁴⁹And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

⁵⁰For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

²⁴To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

³¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

⁸And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

²⁸The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

¹⁶And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

³²But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

²²How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

¹⁶And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

³²For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

⁴To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

¹³In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

⁵O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

¹⁶Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

⁴Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

¹³⁰The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

¹⁸For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

¹⁹For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

¹¹He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

¹⁵The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

¹⁸The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

²Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

²⁵Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

³A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

³⁰I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

¹²A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

⁷The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.