Proverbs 1:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 1:20 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 8:1Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
  2. Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
  3. Proverbs 9:3She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
  4. Matthew 13:54Coming 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.
  5. Luke 11:49Because 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.’
  6. John 7:37On 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.
  7. 1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
  8. 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  9. Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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