Proverbs 1:20

Translations

Modern

Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;

Traditional

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

Literal

Wisdom calls aloud in the street; in the open squares she gives forth her voice.

Latin

Sapientia foris prædicat; in plateis dat vocem suam:

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;

Notes

Proverbs 1:20–33

The author describes wisdom as a woman. In Hebrew, the word for wisdom, khokmah, is grammatically feminine. The author encourages his son to embrace wisdom (see Proverbs 3:18; 8:1–9:6).

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Proverbs 9:3
She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
Colossians 2:3
…in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
1 Corinthians 1:24
…but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Proverbs 8:1–5
Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
Luke 11:49
Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’
Matthew 13:54
Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
John 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

Glossary

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