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Proverbs 1:20
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18 But they lie in wait for their own blood,
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
19 aSo are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners. 

The Call of Wisdom

20 aWisdom calls aloud1 outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares. 
21 She cries out in the1 chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words: 
22 “How long, you1 simple ones, will you love simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge. 
23 Turn at my rebuke;
Surely aI will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you. 
24 aBecause I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, 
25 Because you adisdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke, 
26 aI also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes, 
27 When ayour terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you. 
28 “Thena they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me. 
29 Because they ahated knowledge
And did not bchoose the fear of the Lord, 
30 aThey would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke. 
31 Therefore athey shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies. 
32 For the1 turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them; 
Verse Comparison: Proverbs 1:20

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American Standard Version
Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

Amplified® Bible
Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the markets;

Contemporary English Version
Wisdom shouts in the streets wherever crowds gather.

Darby English Version
Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

Good News Bible
Listen! Wisdom is calling out in the streets and marketplaces,

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

New American Standard Bible
Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;

New International Version
Wisdom calls aloud in the street,
she raises her voice in the public squares;

New King James Version
Wisdom calls aloud outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Wisdom shouts in the street,She lifts her voice in the square;

Revised Standard Version
Wisdom cries aloud in the street; in the markets she raises her voice;

Young's Literal Translation
Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,


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