Proverbs 1:20
Wisdom calls out in the streets; she shouts aloud in the squares.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
In Context
19This is what happens to you if you try to become rich through crime—it kills you!
21She cries out at busy corners; she explains her message at the town gates:
Cross References
Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has built her house; she has prepared its seven pillars.
Matthew 13:54He went back to his home town and taught in the synagogue there. People were amazed, and asked, “Where does he get his wisdom and miracles from?
John 7:37On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted out in a loud voice, “If you're thirsty, come to me and drink.
1 Corinthians 1:30It's because of him that you live in Christ Jesus, who God made to be wisdom for us. He sets us right, keeps us right, and frees us.
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 →