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Proverbs 1:19-21
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Proverbs 1:19-21
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19 This is what happens to those who are greedy. Whatever they get destroys them.
The Good Woman—Wisdom
20 Listen! Wisdom[a] is shouting in the streets. She is crying out in the marketplace. 21 She is calling out where the noisy crowd gathers:
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- Proverbs 1:20 Wisdom Wisdom is pictured here as a good woman trying to get the attention of this young man, calling him to be wise and obey God. In a later passage (9:13-18), Foolishness is represented as another woman who is urging him toward a life of sin.
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