Reference: SIMPLE AND SIMPLICITY
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Sometimes used in the Bible in a good sense, denoting sincerity, candor, and an artless ignorance of evil, Ro 16:19; 2Co 1:12; 11:3; sometimes in a bad sense, denoting heedless foolishness both mental and moral, Pr 1:22; 9:4; 14:15; 22:3; and sometimes in the sense of mere ignorance or inexperience, 2Sa 15:11; Pr 1:4; 21:11.
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And, with Absolom, went two hundred men, out of Jerusalem, who, having been bidden, were going in their simplicity, - neither knew they anything.
For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him -
The simple, believeth every word, but, the prudent, looketh well to his going.
When the scoffer is punished, the simple, becometh wise, when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
A prudent man, seeth calamity, and hideth himself, but, the simple, pass on, and suffer.
For, your obedience, unto all hath reached, - over you, therefore, I rejoice! But I wish you - to be wise, indeed, as to that which is good, yet pure, as to that which is evil.
Giving thanks unto the Father that hath made you sufficient for your share in the inheritance of the saints in the light,