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 Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went along innocently, and they knew not any thing.
To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that lacks understanding, she says to him,
The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well where he is going.
When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
For your obedience is well known unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and innocent concerning evil.
Giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: