Proverbs 8:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 29:7 : 7 When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
Matt 22:9 : 9 Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.
Luke 14:21-23 : 21 And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame. 22 And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room. 23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.
John 18:20 : 20 Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world; I ever taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and in secret spake I nothing.
Acts 5:20 : 20 Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 1:20-21
2 verses
88%
20Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;
21She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
Prov 8:1-2
2 verses
85%
1Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?
2On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth;
Prov 9:2-4
3 verses
82%
2She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:
3She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:
4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
Prov 9:13-16
4 verses
80%
13The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
14And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
15To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
Prov 7:8-13
6 verses
78%
8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
9In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
11(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)
13So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him:
Prov 8:34
76%
34Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
Prov 8:4
75%
4Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.
Isa 3:26
74%
26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
Prov 31:31
72%
31Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.
Prov 5:8
72%
8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
Job 29:7
70%
7When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
Jer 17:19-20
2 verses
70%
19Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
20and say unto them, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
Prov 7:6
70%
6For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
Prov 31:23
69%
23Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Prov 3:17-18
2 verses
69%
17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
Jer 7:2
69%
2Stand in the gate of Jehovah's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah.
Prov 7:25-27
3 verses
69%
25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.
26For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
27Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
Song 3:2-3
2 verses
69%
2[ I said], I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3The watchmen that go about the city found me; [To whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Ps 118:19-20
2 verses
69%
19Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto Jehovah.
20This is the gate of Jehovah; The righteous shall enter into it.
Prov 2:18
68%
18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;
Jer 6:7
68%
7As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.
2 Sam 20:16
68%
16Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
Judg 19:26
67%
26Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
Eccl 12:4
67%
4and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
Prov 7:21
67%
21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
Lam 1:2
67%
2She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.
Ps 55:10-11
2 verses
67%
10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
Song 5:7
67%
7The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.
Prov 4:8
67%
8Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Song 6:10
67%
10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, Clear as the sun, Terrible as an army with banners?
Song 8:9
67%
9If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.