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Proverbs 8:1-7
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Proverbs 8:1-7
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Wisdom's Appeal
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Doesn't Wisdom call out? Doesn't Understanding make her voice heard?
2
At the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
3
Beside the gates at the entry to
[a]
the city, at the main entrance, she cries out:
[b]
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"People, I call out to you; my cry is to mankind.
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Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.
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Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right.
7
For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
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[a].
Lit the mouth of
[b].
Pr 9:3,13-15
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