The youngest and least shall grow into a thousand, and the simplest into a strong people. I the LORD shall shortly bring this thing to pass in his time.

Then a famine spread all over Egypt and Canaan, and with it great suffering, and our forefathers could not find the simplest food.

because we know that a man does not come into right standing with God by doing what the law commands, but by simple trust in Christ, we too have trusted in Christ Jesus, in order to come into right standing with God by simple trust in Christ and not by doing what the law commands, because by doing what the law commands no man can come into right standing with God.

But above all, my fellow believers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but let your yes be [a truthful] yes, and your no be [a truthful] no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?
How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,
How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?

For they who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches they deceive the hearts of the simple.

For your obedience reached to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf, But I would have you truly wise as to good, and simple toward evil.

A trainer of the simple, a teacher of babes, having the forming of knowledge and truth in the law, -

Simple one! What, thou, sowest, is not quickened, except it die;

So then, Ephraim, hath become, like a simple dove, having no understanding, on Egypt, have they called, to Assyria, have they gone,

Lo! I, send you forth as sheep amidst wolves; become ye therefore - prudent, as serpents, and simple, as doves.

Simple ones! Did not, he who made the outside, the inside also, make?

But God said unto him - Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and'suffer for it.

And so thou shalt do on the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye make atonement for the house.

“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.

The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.

The unfolding of Your words gives light;
It gives understanding to the simple.

But your way of speaking must be a simple 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

Day after day they regularly attended the temple; they practiced breaking their bread together in their homes, and eating their food with glad and simple hearts,

That ye may be blameless and simple, the sons of God, unrebukable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world,

In thee also will I leave a small, poor, simple people: which shall trust in the name of the LORD.

but my people doth the contrary, therefore must I take part against them. For they take away both coat and cloak from the simple. Ye have turned yourselves to fight;

Rejoice thou greatly, O daughter Zion; be glad, O daughter Jerusalem. For lo, thy King cometh unto thee, even the righteous and Saviour: Lowly and simple is he, he rideth upon an ass, and upon the foal of an ass.

And so it was broken in that day. Then the poor simple sheep that had a respect unto me, knew thereby that it was the word of the LORD.

And the boys grew. And Esau was a man knowing hunting, and Jacob was a simple man, living in tents.

to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man:

For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."

A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with clay: they shall mingle themselves with the seed of simple people: and yet not continue one with another, like as iron will not be soldered with a potsherd.

He thrilled with joy at that hour in the holy Spirit, saying, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simple-minded; yes, Father, I praise thee that such was thy chosen purpose." Then turning to the disciples he said,

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

I am speaking in simple terms because of the frailty of your human nature. Just as you once offered the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater disobedience, so now, in the same way, you must offer the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness that leads to sanctification.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood [on the doorposts], so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them (the firstborn of Israel).

'The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

When Paul was about to respond [to this charge], Gallio said to the Jews, "[My] Jewish [constituents], if it were a simple case of wrongdoing or some serious crime, there would be good reason for me to consider your charge [against this man].

Your precepts are fully confirmed and completely reliable;
Holiness adorns Your house,
O Lord, forever.

God shall be exalted; their blows were the arrow of the simple.

A highway will be there, and a roadway;
And it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for those who walk on the way [the redeemed];
And fools will not wander on it.

“Then you answered and said to me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God has commanded us.’ So you equipped every man with weapons of war, and regarded it as easy to go up into the hill country.

and it was for this that I was myself appointed a Herald and an Apostle (I am telling the simple truth and no lie)--a Teacher of the Gentiles in the Faith and Truth.

Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.

Since otherwise, if thou blessest with the spirit, how shall he who fills the place of the simple Christian say Amen, at thy giving of thanks, since he does not know what thou sayest?

If therefore the whole assembly come together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and simple persons enter in, or unbelievers, will not they say ye are mad?

But if all prophesy, and some unbeliever or simple person come in, he is convicted of all, he is judged of all;

But if I am a simple person in speech, yet not in knowledge, but in everything making the truth manifest in all things to you.

that thrust the poor out of the way, and oppress the simple of the world together.

Timely in the morning do they arise, to murder the simple and poor, and in the night they go a stealing.

For if I had feared any great multitude of people, or if I had been despised of the simple; Oh then should I have been afraid. Thus have I quietly spent my life, and not gone out at the door.

The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the simple and poor, and to slay such as are of a right conversation.

He shall keep the simple folk by their right, defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrongdoer.

He shall be favorable to the simple and poor; he shall preserve the souls of such as be in adversity.

O let not the simple go away ashamed; for the poor and needy give praises unto thy name.

Which taketh up the simple out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire,

A simple man which laboureth and worketh, is better than one that is gorgeous and lacketh bread.

See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;

Seest thou not, that they which be diligent in their business stand before kings, and not among the simple people?

This peoples' teeth are swords, and with their jawbones they consume and devour the simple of the earth, and the poor from among men.

And in the city there was found a poor man - but he was wise - which with his wisdom delivered the city: yet was there no body, that had any respect for such a simple man.

Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength." Nevertheless, a simple man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

But the poor shall feed of the best things, and the simple shall dwell in safety. Thy roots will I destroy with hunger, and it shall slay thy remnant.

that they may be trodden under the feet of the simple, and with the steps of the poor.

And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.

Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go?

And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;

It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God.

Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.

The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.

And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.

For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.

Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.

But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.