Proverbs 9:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 9:3 : 3 She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.
  • Prov 7:10-12 : 10 Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent. 11 (She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home– 12 at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

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    13The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.

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    2She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.

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    4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,

  • Prov 8:1-3
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    1The Appeal of Wisdom Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?

    2At the top of the prominent places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she has taken her stand;

    3beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:

  • Prov 9:15-16
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    15calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.

    16“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,

  • Prov 1:20-21
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    20Warning Against Disregarding Wisdom Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;

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  • Prov 7:10-13
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    10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

    11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–

    12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

    13So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,

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    1Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

  • Prov 21:9
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    9It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

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

  • Prov 7:8
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    8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house

  • Prov 7:5-6
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    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

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

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    31Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

  • Prov 31:22-23
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    22because she had made coverings for herself; and because her clothing was fine linen and purple.

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  • Prov 25:24
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    24It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

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  • Prov 2:18
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    18For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

    26for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

    27Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

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    34Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.

  • Job 39:28
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    28It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress.

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  • Prov 23:27-28
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    14The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

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