19 Such are the ways of everyone who (A)makes unjust gain;
It takes away the life of its possessors.

Wisdom Warns

20 (B)Wisdom shouts in the street,
She [a]raises her voice in the public square;
21 At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
At the entrance of the gates in the city she declares her sayings:

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:20 Lit gives

19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.(A)

Wisdom’s Rebuke

20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,(B)
    she raises her voice in the public square;
21 on top of the wall[a] she cries out,
    at the city gate she makes her speech:

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners