Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him. Folly imitates the very words of Wisdom. She also does not invite "the scorners" (Proverbs 9:7-8), because she is secure of them, but only the "simple" - i:e., those who are such in the judgment of the Holy Spirit. Scripture expresses not what she said in outward words (for she would not defeat her own design by calling them simpletons), but what is the reality. Whosoever turns in to her is a simpleton. Cartwright takes it that she calls the pious "simple." Proverbs 9:15 favours this. "Passengers who go right on their ways" - i:e., who are going right onward in tile heavenly way. 'Oh what simpletons ye are to despise the goods of the present life, to crucify the flesh, and to incur the hatred of men for no good reason! Christ offers you poor things-I will make you great and happy.'