Proverbs 1:21

²¹ in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

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Proverbs 8:2–4

² On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. ³ Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: ⁴ “To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.

Proverbs 9:2–4

² She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. ³ She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city. ⁴ “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

Proverbs 9:13–15

¹³ The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. ¹⁴ She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, ¹⁵ calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

Sirach 24:1–3

¹ Wisdom will praise her own soul, and will proclaim her glory in the midst of her people. (WEB) ² She will open her mouth in the congregation of the Most High, and proclaim her glory in the presence of his power. (WEB) ³ “I came out of the mouth of the Most High, and covered th… (WEB)

Job 29:6–8

⁶ when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! ⁷ When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square, ⁸ the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

Judith 13:11–13

¹¹ Judith said afar off to the watchmen at the gates, “Open, open the gate, now. God is with us, even our God, to show his power yet in Israel, and his might against the enemy, as he has done even this day.” (WEB) ¹² It came to pass, when the men of her city heard her voi… (WEB)

Proverbs 7:11–13

¹¹ She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home. ¹² Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. ¹³ She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:

Wisdom of Solomon 6:15–17

¹⁵ For to think upon her is perfection of understanding, and he who watches for her will quickly be free from care; (WEB) ¹⁶ because she herself goes around, seeking those who are worthy of her, and in their paths she appears to them graciously, and in every purpose she m… (WEB)

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