Proverbs 1:21

at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, 1 at the entrance of the city gates she speaks, 1

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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 the street, 1 she raises her voice in the open places; 1

22“How long, you naive people, will you love being naive? 1 How long, you mockers, will you delight in mockery, 1 and how long, you fools, will you hate knowledge? 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:3Before the gates at the entrance into the city, 1 at the entrances into the city, she calls out. 1

Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the darkness, say in the daylight, and what you hear softly in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

John 18:20Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I was always teaching in synagogues and in the temple where all the Jews come together. I said 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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