Proverbs 9:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

Young's Literal Translation
Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

King James Bible
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Hebrew
Leave your folly
פְתָאיִ֣ם (p̄ə·ṯā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6612: Simple, perhaps open-minded

behind,
עִזְב֣וּ (‘iz·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

and you will live;
וִֽחְי֑וּ (wiḥ·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

walk
וְ֝אִשְׁר֗וּ (wə·’iš·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 833: To be straight, to go forward, be honest, proper

in the way
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (bə·ḏe·reḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of understanding.”
בִּינָֽה׃ (bî·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 998: An understanding

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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