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Proverbs 9:13

9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

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The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.

9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

What does Proverbs 9:13 mean?

Proverbs 9:13 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include כְּסִילוּת (kᵉçîylûwth), אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh), הָמָה (hâmâh). It connects to 9 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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foolishכְּסִילוּתkᵉçîylûwth/kes-eel-ooth'/H3687silliness
womanאִשָּׁהʼishshâh/ish-shaw'/H802a woman
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clamorous:הָמָהhâmâh/haw-maw'/H1993to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
she
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simple,פְּתַיּוּתpᵉthayûwth/peth-ah-yooth'/H6615silliness (i.e. seducibility)
andבַּלbal/bal/H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
knowethיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
nothing.מָהmâh/maw/H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

Commentary on Proverbs 9:13

HENRY_FULL · Proverbs 9:13
o Asaph as precentor of the temple. In this psalm, I. David returns God thanks for bringing him to the throne, ver. 1 , 9 . II. He promises to lay out himself for the public good, in the use of the power God had given him, ver. 2, 3 , 10 . III. He checks the insolence of those that opposed his coming to the throne, ver. 4, 5 . IV. He fetches a reason for all this from God's sovereign dominion in the affairs of the children of men, ver. 6-8 . In singing this psalm we must give to God the glory of all the revolutions of states and kingdoms, believing that they are all according to his counsel and that he will make them all to work for the good of his church. The Magistrate's Resolution. 1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. 2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

2 Samuel 2:4

And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Samuel 5:3

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Samuel 8:15

And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. He: or, Be thou ruler, etc

2 Samuel 23:4

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

John 7:6

Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

Acts 1:7

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Acts 17:31

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. hath given: or, offered faith

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Song of Solomon 1:8

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

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What does Proverbs 9:13 say?

Proverbs 9:13 (King James Version) reads: "A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing."

Is Proverbs 9:13 in the Old or New Testament?

Proverbs 9:13 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.

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