Proverbs 9:6 meaning and explanation

Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

Proverbs 9:6, Berean Standard Bible

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In Proverbs 9, Wisdom is personified as a woman who has built a house, prepared a feast, and sends her servants to invite the simple from the city's heights. Verse 6 is the heart of her invitation: the guest must not merely admire wisdom but abandon folly.

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