💡WEB · Proverbs 8:5
What does Proverbs 8:5 mean?
"You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart."
— Proverbs 8:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
“To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.
Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
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