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Proverbs 9:14

Proverbs 9:14 is verse 14 of Proverbs chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

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King James Version

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

World English Bible

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

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Proverbs 9:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

15 calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 7:10

Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

Proverbs 7:11

She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.

Proverbs 7:12

Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

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