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Proverbs 1:20
Proverbs 1:20 is verse 20 of Proverbs chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
King James Version
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
World English Bible
Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
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Proverbs 1:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
20 Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
21 in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 13:54Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
Luke 11:49Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’
1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Proverbs 8:1Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
Proverbs 8:2On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
Proverbs 8:3Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
Proverbs 8:4“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Proverbs 8:5O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
Proverbs 9:3She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.