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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 8) Proverbs 8:5 KJV
"O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart."
Proverbs 8:5 in Context (Verses 2–8 KJV)
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She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
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O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
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For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.*
8
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.*