Proverbs 1:20
Wisdom cries aloud in the street, 1 she raises her voice in the open places; 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
In Context
21at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, 1 at the entrance of the city gates she speaks, 1
Cross References
Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has built her own house; 1 she has carved seven pillars out of rocks. 1
Matthew 13:54Then Jesus entered his own region and taught the people in their synagogue. The result was that they were astonished and said, “Where does this man get his wisdom and these miracles from?
John 7:37Now on the last, great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
1 Corinthians 1:30Because of what God did, now you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God. He became our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
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 →