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Proverbs 1:18-20
Easy-to-Read Version
Proverbs 1:18-20
Easy-to-Read Version
18 But evil people cannot see the trap they set for themselves. 19 This is what happens to those who are greedy. Whatever they get destroys them.
The Good Woman—Wisdom
20 Listen! Wisdom[a] is shouting in the streets. She is crying out in the marketplace.
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- Proverbs 1:20 Wisdom Wisdom is pictured here as a good woman trying to get the attention of this young man, calling him to be wise and obey God. In a later passage (9:13-18), Foolishness is represented as another woman who is urging him toward a life of sin.
Proverbs 1:18-20
New International Version
Proverbs 1:18-20
New International Version
18 These men lie in wait(A) for their own blood;
they ambush only themselves!(B)
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it takes away the life of those who get it.(C)
Wisdom’s Rebuke
20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,(D)
she raises her voice in the public square;
Proverbs 1:18-20
King James Version
Proverbs 1:18-20
King James Version
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
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Proverbs 1:18-20
New King James Version
Proverbs 1:18-20
New King James Version
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood,
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
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
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- Proverbs 1:20 in the street
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