Proverbs 8:3

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beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,
  • Matt 22:9 : 9 So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’
  • Luke 14:21-23 : 21 So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave,‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ 22 Then the slave said,‘Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.’ 23 So the master said to his slave,‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.
  • John 18:20 : 20 Jesus replied,“I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.
  • Acts 5:20 : 20 “Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”

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