Proverbs 8:1-4

The Blessings of Wisdom

1 Does not l wisdom call?
Does not m understanding raise her voice?
2 On n the heights beside the way,
at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3 beside o the gates in front of p the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
4 "To you, O q men, I call,
and my cry is to q the children of man.

  1. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:20
    Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice.
  2. Cross References
    Job 28:12
    But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
  3. Cross References
    Proverbs 9:3
    She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town.
    Proverbs 9:14
    She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town.
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:21
    At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
  5. Cross References
    Job 29:7
    When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 49:1 - 2
    Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 49:1 - 2
    Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world.
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