Proverbs 1:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;”
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BSBPD
“Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 1:20 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 8:1Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
- Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
- Proverbs 9:3She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
- 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.’
- 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.
- 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.
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