Proverbs Chapter 8 verse 5 Holy Bible
O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
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Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.
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O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense.
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O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.
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Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - O ye simple, understand wisdom. "The simple," those not yet perverted, but easily influenced for good or evil. See on Proverbs 1:4, where also is explained the word ormah, used here for "wisdom;" equivalent to calliditas in a good sense, or πανουργία, as sometimes employed in the Septuagint; so here: νοήσατε ἄκακοι πανουργίαν, "subtlety." Ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. For "fools" (khesilim), the intellectually heavy and dull, see on Proverbs 1:22. The heart is considered the seat of the mind or understanding (comp. Proverbs 15:32; Proverbs 17:16, etc.). Septuagint, "Ye that are untaught, take in heart (ἔνθεσθε καρδίαν)." The call thus addressed to various classes of parsons is like the section in 1 John 2, "I write unto you. little children," etc.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) O ye simple.--See above on Proverbs 1:4 for an explanation of "simple," as also of "wisdom" ('ormah) there translated "subtilty."Ye fools.--(khesilim), see above on Proverbs 1:22.