The Call of Wisdom

Proverbs 1

20 y Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
in the markets she raises her voice;
 21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
at z the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
 22 "How long, O a simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will b scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools c hate knowledge?
 23 If you turn at my reproof, 1
behold, I will d pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you.
 24 e Because I have called and f you refused to listen,
have g stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
 25 because you have h ignored all my counsel
and i would have none of my reproof,
 26 I also j will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when k terror strikes you,
 27 when terror strikes you like l a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
 28 m Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
 29 Because they c hated knowledge
and n did not choose the fear of the Lord,
 30 h would have none of my counsel
and i despised all my reproof,
 31 therefore they shall eat o the fruit of their way,
and have p their fill of their own devices.
 32 For the simple are killed by q their turning away,
and r the complacency of fools destroys them;
 33 but s whoever listens to me will dwell secure
and will be t at ease, without dread of disaster."

  1. Cross References
    Proverbs 8:1
    Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?
    Proverbs 9:3
    She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town.
    John 7:37
    On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 8:3
    Beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
  3. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:4
    To give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth -
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 1:1
    Book One Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.
  5. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:29
    Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord.
    Proverbs 5:12
    And you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
    Job 21:14
    They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
  6. Cross References
    Joel 2:28
    And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
    Acts 2:17
    'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:12
    I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyes and chose what I did not delight in.
    Isaiah 66:4
    I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.
    Jeremiah 7:13
    And now, because you have done all these things, declares the Lord, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer.
  8. Cross References
    Zechariah 7:11
    But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.
  9. Cross References
    Romans 10:21
    But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 107:11
    For they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 81:11
    But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
    Luke 7:30
    But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 2:4
    He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.
  13. Cross References
    Proverbs 10:24
    What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
    Jeremiah 48:43
    Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! declares the Lord.
    Jeremiah 49:5
    Behold, I will bring terror upon you, declares the Lord God of hosts, from all who are around you, and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him, with none to gather the fugitives.
  14. Cross References
    Zephaniah 1:15
    A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
  15. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:18
    And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.
    Job 27:9
    Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
  16. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:22
    How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
  17. Cross References
    Job 21:14
    They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
  18. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:25
    Because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof.
  19. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:25
    Because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof.
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:19
    Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their devices, because they have not paid attention to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
  21. Cross References
    Proverbs 14:14
    The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.
    Isaiah 3:11
    Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
    Job 4:8
    As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:19
    Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord God of hosts.
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 73:18 - 19
    Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 25:12 - 13
    Who is the man who fears the Lord ? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
  25. Cross References
    Psalms 112:7 - 8
    He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.
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