Proverbs 9:3

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She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 9:14 : 14 And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
  • Prov 8:1-3 : 1 The Appeal of Wisdom Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? 2 At the top of the prominent places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she has taken her stand; 3 beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:
  • Ps 68:11 : 11 The Lord speaks; many, many women spread the good news.
  • Prov 1:20-23 : 20 Warning Against Disregarding Wisdom Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas; 21 at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words: 22 “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge? 23 You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.
  • Matt 22:3-4 : 3 He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come. 4 Again he sent other slaves, saying,‘Tell those who have been invited,“Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’
  • Matt 22:9 : 9 So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’
  • Luke 11:49 : 49 For this reason also the wisdom of God said,‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
  • Luke 14:17 : 17 At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited,‘Come, because everything is now ready.’
  • 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 7:37 : 37 Teaching About the Spirit On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out,“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and
  • 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.
  • Rom 10:15 : 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written,“How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news.”
  • 2 Cor 5:20-21 : 20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf,“Be reconciled to God!” 21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 9:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1 The Consequences of Accepting Wisdom or Folly Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.

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

  • Prov 9:13-16
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    13 The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.

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

    15 calling 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
    2 verses
    82%

    20 Warning Against Disregarding Wisdom Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;

    21 at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

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

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

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

  • Prov 9:4-5
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    4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,

    5 “Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.

  • Prov 7:10-13
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    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.)

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

  • 26 Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.

  • Lam 1:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 ¶ The Prophet Speaks:א(Alef) Alas! The city once full of people now sits all alone! The prominent lady among the nations has become a widow! The princess who once ruled the provinces has become a forced laborer!

    2 ב(Bet) She weeps bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

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    31 When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment.

    32 “‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

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

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

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

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    42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, including all kinds of men; even Sabeans were brought from the desert. The sisters put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

    43 Then I said about the one worn out by adultery,‘Now they will commit immoral acts with her.’

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

  • 7 As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself,‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’

  • Zeph 3:1-3
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    72%

    1 Jerusalem is Corrupt Beware to the filthy, stained city; the city filled with oppressors!

    2 She is disobedient; she has refused correction. She does not trust the LORD; she has not sought the advice of her God.

    3 Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

  • Lam 1:8-10
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    8 ח(Khet) Jerusalem committed terrible sin; therefore she became an object of scorn. All who admired her have despised her because they have seen her nakedness. She groans aloud and turns away in shame.

    9 ט(Tet) Her menstrual flow has soiled her clothing; she did not consider the consequences of her sin. Her demise was astonishing, and there was no one to comfort her. She cried,“Look, O LORD, on my affliction because my enemy boasts!”

    10 י(Yod) An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple– those whom you had commanded:“They must not enter your assembly place.”

  • 15 This is how the once-proud city will end up– the city that was so secure. She thought to herself,“I am unique! No one can compare to me!” What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.

  • 7 As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. All I see are sick and wounded people.’

  • 4 Taunt against the Harlot City“Because you have acted like a wanton prostitute– a seductive mistress who practices sorcery, who enslaves nations by her harlotry, and entices peoples by her sorcery–

  • 10 “Who is this who appears like the dawn? Beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as the stars in procession?”

  • 15 The LORD says to the people of Judah,“What right do you have to be in my temple, my beloved people? Many of you have done wicked things. Can your acts of treachery be so easily canceled by sacred offerings that you take joy in doing evil even while you make them?

  • 35 “‘Therefore O prostitute, Listen to the LORD’s message:

  • 9 Then the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up.

  • 15 Shout the battle cry from all around the city. She will throw up her hands in surrender. Her towers will fall. Her walls will be torn down. Because I, the LORD, am wreaking revenge, take out your vengeance on her! Do to her as she has done!

  • 25 At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced your beauty when you spread your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.

  • 2 “I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved.” I searched for him but I did not find him.

  • 14 But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,

  • 29 From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance.

  • 17 Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

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

  • 7 For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.