Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

In Context

19These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

21And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.

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 →

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