Proverbs 8:5
You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.
In context
2 At the highest point along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand; 3 beside the gate leading into the city, at the entrance, she cries aloud: 4 “To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind. 5 You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, set your hearts on it. 6 Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right. 7 My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness. 8 All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 8:5 in the KJV
O ye simple, understand wisdom: And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 8:5 in the ESV
O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense.