Proverbs 1:20
Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
In Context
19Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
21Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:
Cross References
Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.
Matthew 13:54And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?
John 7:37On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him.
1 Corinthians 1:30But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:11-20
Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to… Read the whole commentary →