Proverbs 1:19-21
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
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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- Proverbs 1:20 Wisdom here is personified. Read “the Wisdom of God” instead of “Wisdom” and see the wonderful power of this book.
Proverbs 1:19-21
New International Version
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
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners
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