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Proverbs 1:21
Proverbs 1:21 is verse 21 of Proverbs chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
Or from the top of the wall
King James Version
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
World English Bible
She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
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Proverbs 1:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
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?
23 If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 9:3She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Matthew 13:2Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
John 18:20“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
Acts 5:20“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”