Proverbs 1:21
She cries in the chief place of concourse, at the entrance of the gates, in the city. She utters her words:
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20Wisdom cries aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the broad places.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she cries aloud:
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
John 18:20Jesus answered him, I spoke in public to the world. I always taught in a synagogue, and in the temple where the Jews always gather together, and I spoke nothing in secret.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:21-33
Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have… Read the whole commentary →