Proverbs 1:21

She calls at the head of the multitudes, || In the openings of the gates, || In the city she says her sayings:

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

In Context

20Wisdom cries aloud in an out-place, || She gives forth her voice in broad places,

22“Until when, you simple, do you love simplicity? And have scorners desired their scorning? And do fools hate knowledge?

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:3At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, || The entrance of the openings, she cries aloud,

Matthew 10:27that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

John 18:20Jesus answered him, “I spoke freely to the world, I always taught in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews always come 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 →

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