Proverbs 1:20

Chochmot crieth out in the street; 1 she lifts up her voice in the rechovot (city squares); 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19So are the ways of every one that is greedy for betza (ill-gotten gain); 1 which taketh away the nefesh of the be'alim (owners) thereof. 1

21She crieth out in the chief place of concourse, 1 in the openings of the she'arim (gates); 1 in the Ir (city) she uttereth her words, saying, 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:1Chochmah hath built her bais, 1 she hath hewn out her seven ammudim; 1

Matthew 13:54And having come into Moshiachʼs shtetl, he began ministering as a moreh (teacher) in their shul, so that they were amazed and said, From where did this chochmah come to this one, this chochmah and these moftim (miracles, wonders, omens)?

John 7:37Now on the last day of the Chag, Hoshana Rabbah, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts let him come to me and drink. + 7:37 Lv 23:36; Isa 55:1; 12:3; 49:10

1 Corinthians 1:30But you are of Hashem in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua who became to us chochmah (wisdom) from Hashem, our Tzidkanut (Righteousness) and our Kedushah (Holiness) and our Geulah LaOlam (Redemption to the world), + 1:30 Jer 23:5,6; 33:16

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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