Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 1:20 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: {Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom}”
Proverbs 1:20
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And they lay wait for their {own} blood; they lurk privily for their {own} lives.
So {are} the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; {which} taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: {Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom}
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, {saying},
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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