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19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain; such [greed for plunder] takes away the lives of its possessors.(A)

20 [a]Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the markets;

21 She cries at the head of the noisy intersections [in the chief gathering places]; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:20 Wisdom here is personified. Read “the Wisdom of God” instead of “Wisdom” and see the wonderful power of this book.

19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.(A)

Wisdom’s Rebuke

20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,(B)
    she raises her voice in the public square;
21 on top of the wall[a] she cries out,
    at the city gate she makes her speech:

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners