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Related Verses

Proverbs 1:4
to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth—

Proverbs 9:4
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says,

Proverbs 19:25
Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 21:11
When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

Proverbs 15:32
Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.

Proverbs 19:8
Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.

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