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Proverbs 9

Prov. 9:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forsake
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
the foolish
pthiy (Hebrew #6612)
or pthaeiy {peth-aw-ee'}; from 6601; silly (i.e. seducible)
KJV usage: foolish, simple(-icity, one).
Pronounce: peth-ee'
Origin: or pethiy {peh'-thee}
, and live
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
; and go
'ashar (Hebrew #833)
a primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper
KJV usage: (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.
Pronounce: aw-shar'
Origin: or rasher {aw-share'}
in the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of understanding
biynah (Hebrew #998)
understanding
KJV usage: knowledge , meaning, X perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: bee-naw'
Origin: from 995
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Cross References

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Forsake.
Prov. 4:14‑15• 14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men:
 15avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away. (Prov. 4:14‑15)
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Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved. (Prov. 13:20)
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Psa. 26:4‑6• 4I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
 5I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.
 6I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah, (Psa. 26:4‑6)
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Psa. 45:10• 10Hearken, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget thine own people and thy father's house: (Psa. 45:10)
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Psa. 119:115• 115Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God. (Psa. 119:115)
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Acts 2:40• 40And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation. (Acts 2:40)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and touch not what is unclean, and *I* will receive you; (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Rev. 18:4• 4And I heard another voice out of the heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye have not fellowship in her sins, and that ye do not receive of her plagues: (Rev. 18:4)
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Prov. 4:11• 11I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness. (Prov. 4:11)
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Prov. 10:17• 17Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray. (Prov. 10:17)
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Matt. 7:13‑14• 13Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.
 14For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it. (Matt. 7:13‑14)
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Luke 13:24• 24Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able. (Luke 13:24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Forsake folliesg and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "simplicities." plural of "simple," vers. 4,16; ch. 1.4.