Proverbs 1:21

World English Bible (2000)

She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 9:3 : 3 She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
  • Matt 13:2 : 2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.
  • John 18:20 : 20 Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
  • Acts 5:20 : 20 "Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life."

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  • Prov 9:13-16
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