Proverbs 1:20-24

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The Good Woman—Wisdom

²⁰Listen! Wisdom^[a] is shouting in the streets. She is crying out in the marketplace. ²¹She is calling out where the noisy crowd gathers:

²²“Fools, how long will you love being ignorant? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you hate knowledge? ²³I wanted to tell you everything I knew and give you all my knowledge, but you didn’t listen to my advice and teaching.

²⁴“I tried to help, but you refused to listen. I offered my hand, but you turned away from me.

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Footnotes

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.