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Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!

21At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud,—at the openings of the gates in the city—her sayings, she doth utter:—

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:1Wisdom, hath builded her house, hath hewn out her seven pillars;

Matthew 13:54and, coming into his own city, began teaching them in their synagogue, so that with astonishment were they being struck, and were saying—Whence, hath, this one, this wisdom, and the mighty works?

John 7:37Now, on the last—the great—day of the feast, Jesus was standing, and he cried aloud, saying—If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink:

1 Corinthians 1:30But, of him, are, ye, in Christ Jesus, who hath been made wisdom unto us, from God,—both righteousness, 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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