Proverbs 1:21
She 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
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20Chochmot crieth out in the street; 1 she lifts up her voice in the rechovot (city squares); 1
Cross References
Proverbs 8:3She crieth out at the she'arim (gates), at the entry of the city, 1 at the entrance at the petachim (doorways): 1
Matthew 10:27What I say to you in the choshech (darkness), you declare in the ohr (light); and what you hear whispered into your ears, shout, preach, from the rooftops.
John 18:20In reply, he said, In public I have spoken to the Olam Hazeh; I always taught in the Beit Haknesset and in the Beis Hamikdash, where all the Yehudim come together. Besod (in secret) I spoke nothing. + 18:20 Isa 45:19
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 →