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Proverbs 1:19-21
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19 (A)Such are the ways of everyone who is (B)greedy for unjust gain;
    (C)it takes away the life of its possessors.

The Call of Wisdom

20 (D)Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
    in the markets she raises her voice;
21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
    at (E)the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

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Proverbs 1:19-21
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19 (A)So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.

The Call of Wisdom

20 (B)Wisdom calls aloud [a]outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares.
21 She cries out in the [b]chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words:

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:20 in the street
  2. Proverbs 1:21 LXX, Syr., Tg. top of the walls; Vg. the head of multitudes
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