Proverbs 1:20

Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.

21She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:1Wisedome hath built her house, and hewen out her seuen pillars.

Matthew 13:54And came into his owne countrey, and taught them in their Synagogue, so that they were astonied, and saide, Whence commeth this wisdome and great woorkes vnto this man?

John 7:37Nowe in the last and great day of the feast, Iesus stoode and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come vnto me, and drinke.

1 Corinthians 1:30But ye are of him in Christ Iesus, who of God is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnesse, and sanctification, 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 →

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