Proverbs 1:20
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
In Context
19Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
21in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
Cross References
Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
Matthew 13:54Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, 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 →