3 Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
Proverbs 8:3
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Proverbs 1:20–22
20 Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; 21 in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech: 22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools h…
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.
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.
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.
Proverbs 8:33–35
33 Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. 34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway. 35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:13–15
13 She anticipates those who desire her, making herself known. (WEB) 14 He who rises up early to seek her won’t have difficulty, for he will find her sitting at his gates. (WEB) 15 For to think upon her is perfection of understanding, and he who watches for her will quickly be free… (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:
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)
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