Proverbs 1:20-22

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Wisdom Warns

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^[a]Wisdom shouts in the street,
She raises her voice in the markets;
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She calls out at the head of the noisy streets [where large crowds gather];
At the entrance of the city gates she speaks her words:
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“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?
How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,
How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?

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Footnotes

Proverbs 1:20 Wisdom is personified as a woman in vv 20-33 and speaks, in the first person, of godly wisdom. Read the word “wisdom” as “the wisdom of God” and see the wonderful power of this book.