The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the Lord are sure, making wise the simple;
Proverbs 8:5 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional O simple ones, learn prudence; acquire intelligence, you who lack it. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O ye simple, understand wisdom: And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O you simple and thoughtless ones, understand prudence; you [self-confident] fools, be of an understanding heart. [Isa. 32:6.] American Standard Version (1901) O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. Common English Bible Understand skill, you who are naive. Take this to heart, you fools. Catholic Public Domain Version O little ones, understand discernment. And you who are unwise, turn your souls. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O little ones, understand subtilty, and ye unwise, take notice. |
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the Lord are sure, making wise the simple;
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
to teach shrewdness to the simple, knowledge and prudence to the young—
I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I attain knowledge and discretion.
“You that are simple, turn in here!” To those without sense she says,
The Lord goes forth like a soldier, like a warrior he stirs up his fury; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.
to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are,