Proverbs 9:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 9:3 : 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
  • Prov 7:10-12 : 10 And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

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  • 13 ¶ A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

  • Prov 9:1-4
    4 verses
    83%

    1 ¶ Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

    2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

    3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

    4 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

  • Prov 8:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1 ¶ Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

    2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

    3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

  • Prov 9:15-16
    2 verses
    82%

    15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:

    16 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

  • Prov 1:20-21
    2 verses
    81%

    20 ¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

    21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],

  • Prov 7:10-13
    4 verses
    81%

    10 And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

    11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

    12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

    13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,

  • 1 ¶ Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

  • 9 ¶ [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

  • 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

  • Prov 7:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

    6 ¶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

  • 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

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    22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.

    23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

  • 24 ¶ [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

  • 27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

  • 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

  • Prov 7:25-27
    3 verses
    72%

    25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

    26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.

    27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

  • 7 ¶ When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!

  • 34 Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

  • 28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

  • 17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.

  • Prov 4:8-9
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    8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

    9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

  • 14 ¶ House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.

  • 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].

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    27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

    28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

  • 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.

  • 14 ¶ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • 7 ¶ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • 31 In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

  • 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

  • 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

  • 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

  • 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

  • 22 ¶ [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.