Proverbs 1:20
Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
In Context
19So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:1Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
Matthew 13:54And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogues, so that they wondered and said: How came this man by this wisdom and miracles?
John 7:37And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink.
1 Corinthians 1:30But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and justice, and sanctification, and redemption:
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 →