King James Version
Proverbs 9:16 in the King James Version says “Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,”
Proverbs 9:16 · KJV
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. eaten: Heb. of secrecies
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“understanding”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
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