Proverbs 1:21

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At the head of the noisy streets, she calls out; at the city gates, she makes her speech.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 9:3 : 3 She has sent out her maidens; she calls out from the highest points of the city,
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
  • Matt 13:2 : 2 Large crowds gathered around him, so he got into a boat and sat down. Meanwhile, the entire crowd stood on the shore.
  • John 18:20 : 20 Jesus answered him, 'I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.'
  • Acts 5:20 : 20 The angel said, 'Go, stand in the temple courts, and tell the people all about this new life.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:20
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    20Wisdom cries aloud in the streets; in the public squares, she raises her voice.

  • Prov 8:1-4
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    88%

    1Does not wisdom call out? And does not understanding raise her voice?

    2On the heights along the way, at the crossroads, she takes her stand.

    3Beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries out.

    4To you, O men, I call out, and my voice is to the people of humankind.

  • Prov 9:1-4
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    82%

    1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

    2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

    3She has sent out her maidens; she calls out from the highest points of the city,

    4"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • Prov 9:13-16
    4 verses
    81%

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

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

    15calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,

    16"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • Prov 7:11-13
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    11She is loud and rebellious; her feet do not stay at home.

    12Now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner, she lurks.

    13She took hold of him and kissed him; with a brazen face she said to him:

  • Prov 1:22
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    22How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

  • Prov 24:7
    73%

    7Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.

  • Prov 8:12
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    12I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I possess knowledge and discretion.

  • Ps 55:10-11
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    72%

    10Confuse, O Lord, and divide their speech, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

    11Day and night they surround it on its walls, and trouble and wickedness are within it.

  • Prov 31:31
    72%

    31Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gates.

  • Prov 7:8
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    8Passing through the street near her corner, he took the path to her house.

  • Prov 8:34
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    34Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the doorposts of my entrances.

  • Job 28:12
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    12But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 31:26
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    26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness is on her tongue.

  • Prov 3:17-18
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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and those who hold her fast are blessed.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

  • Jer 6:7
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    7As a well keeps its water fresh, so she keeps her wickedness fresh. Violence and destruction are heard within her; continually before me, there are sickness and wounds.

  • Prov 2:3
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    3if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

  • Job 29:7
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    7When I went out to the city gate, and took my seat in the public square,

  • Isa 3:26
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    26The city gates will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

  • Prov 4:7-8
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    7Wisdom is supreme—acquire wisdom. Though it costs you all you have, gain understanding.

    8Prize her, and she will exalt you; she will honor you when you embrace her.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him.

    22He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles.

  • Job 28:20
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    20But where does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding?

  • Lam 1:1
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    1How lonely sits the city, once so full of people! She has become like a widow, great among the nations, a princess among the provinces, now a slave.

  • 2 Sam 20:16
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    16a wise woman called out from the city, "Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so I can speak to him."

  • Prov 3:14
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    14For the profit from wisdom is better than the profit from silver, and her gain than fine gold.

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16So I said, 'Wisdom is better than strength.' But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19Wisdom makes a wise person stronger than ten rulers in a city.

  • Prov 7:5-6
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    5To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

    6For at the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22A wise person ascends the city of warriors and brings down the fortress in which they trust.

  • Prov 1:2
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    2To know wisdom and discipline, to understand words of insight,

  • Prov 5:8
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    8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Wise women build their homes, but foolish ones tear theirs down with their own hands.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I turned my mind to understand, to investigate, and to search out wisdom and the meaning of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.