Proverbs 8:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ O ye simple, understand subtilty; And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ O you simple and thoughtless ones, understand prudence; you [self-confident] fools, be of an understanding heart. [Isa. 32:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

Common English Bible

⁵ Understand skill, you who are naive. Take this to heart, you fools.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ O little ones, understand discernment. And you who are unwise, turn your souls.

Proverbs 8:5 Cross References

Proverbs 1:22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scorners delight them in scorning, And fools hate knowledge?

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

Proverbs 1:4

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

Psalm 19:7

The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

1 Corinthians 1:28

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

Isaiah 42:13

The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man; he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, he shall shout aloud; he shall do mightily against his enemies.

Proverbs 9:4

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

Psalm 94:8

Consider, ye brutish among the people: And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Proverbs 1:32

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Proverbs 8:4

Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.

Proverbs 8:12

I wisdom have made subtilty my dwelling, And find out knowledge and discretion.