to give prudence to (A)the simple,
    knowledge and (B)discretion to the youth—

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for giving prudence to the naïve,
    and knowledge and discretion to the young.

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32 For the simple are killed by (A)their turning away,
    and (B)the complacency of fools destroys them;

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32 Indeed, the waywardness[a] of the naïve will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:32 So MT; DSS 4QProva reads narrow-mindedness; lit. the pull of; LXX reads Because they would wrong the naïve, they will be murdered

and I have seen among (A)the simple,
    I have perceived among the youths,
    a young man (B)lacking sense,

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and I noticed among the naïve—
    that is, I discerned among the youths—
        a senseless young man.

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O (A)simple ones, learn (B)prudence;
    O (C)fools, learn sense.

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Understand prudence, you naïve people;
    and gain an understanding heart, you foolish ones.

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(A)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
    (B)To him who lacks sense she says,

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“Let whoever is naïve, turn in here.”
    To anyone lacking sense, she says,

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16 (A)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
    And to him who lacks sense she says,

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16 “Whoever is naïve, turn in here!”
    And to anyone lacking sense, she says,

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15 (A)The simple believes everything,
    but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

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15 An unthinking person believes everything,
    but the prudent one thinks before acting.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:15 Lit. one considers his steps

25 (A)Strike (B)a scoffer, and the simple will (C)learn prudence;
    (D)reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

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25 If you scourge a scoffer,
    the simple person may learn to be discreet;
rebuke a discerning man
    and he will gain understanding.

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11 When (A)a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
    when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

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11 When a mocker is punished, the fool gains wisdom;
    but when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

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(A)The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.

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The prudent person sees trouble ahead and hides,
    but the naïve continue on and suffer the consequences.

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