Proverbs 8:3

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

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  • Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out to the city gate, and took my seat in the public square,
  • Matt 22:9 : 9 Go therefore to the main roads, and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast.
  • Luke 14:21-23 : 21 The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ 22 ‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’ 23 Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.’
  • 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 1:20-21
    2 verses
    88%

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

    21At the head of the noisy streets, she calls out; at the city gates, she makes her speech.

  • Prov 8:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    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.

  • Prov 9:2-4
    3 verses
    82%

    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
    80%

    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 7:8-13
    6 verses
    78%

    8Passing through the street near her corner, he took the path to her house.

    9In the twilight, in the evening, in the dark of night and in deep darkness.

    10And behold, a woman came to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and sly of heart.

    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 8:34
    76%

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

  • Prov 8:4
    75%

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

  • Isa 3:26
    74%

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

  • 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 5:8
    72%

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

  • Job 29:7
    70%

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

  • Jer 17:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19This is what the LORD said to me: 'Go and stand at the gate of the people through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, and also at all the gates of Jerusalem.'

    20Say to them, 'Listen to the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem who enter through these gates.'

  • Prov 7:6
    70%

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

  • Prov 31:23
    69%

    23Her husband is respected at the city gates, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

  • 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.

  • Jer 7:2
    69%

    2Stand in the gate of the LORD's house and proclaim there this message: ‘Hear the word of the LORD, all of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.’

  • Prov 7:25-27
    3 verses
    69%

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

    26For she has brought down many victims, and numerous are all those she has slain.

    27Her house is the way to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.

  • Song 3:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and the squares; I will seek the one my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

    3The watchmen who patrol the city found me. "Have you seen the one my soul loves?"

  • Ps 118:19-20
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    69%

    19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

    20This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.

  • Prov 2:18
    68%

    18for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits.

  • Jer 6:7
    68%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 20:16
    68%

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

  • Judg 19:26
    67%

    26At daybreak, the woman came and fell at the doorway of the man's house where her master was staying, and she lay there until it was light.

  • Eccl 12:4
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    4The doors to the street are shut, the grinding fades, one rises at the chirp of a bird, and all the daughters of song are silenced.

  • Prov 7:21
    67%

    21With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him.

  • Lam 1:2
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    2Bitterly she weeps in the night, tears on her cheeks. There is no one to comfort her—all who loved her have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

  • Ps 55:10-11
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • Song 5:7
    67%

    7The watchmen who go about the city found me; they struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

  • Prov 4:8
    67%

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

  • Song 6:10
    67%

    10Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as an army with banners?

  • Song 8:9
    67%

    9If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver. But if she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.