KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 1:20–21
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Proverbs 1:20
20¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
20¶ †Wisedome crieth without, she *vttereth her voice in the streets:
- Hebr. wisedomes, that is, excellent wisedome.
- Prou.8.1.
Proverbs 1:21
21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
21Shee crieth in the chiefe place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she vttereth her words, saying,
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 1:20
Sound judgment and the right use of knowledge; skill, discernment, or understanding.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To speak, declare, or make known; also outermost or complete, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 1:21
Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A location, position, room, occasion, office, or passage, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A gathering or great assembly of people.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616
Entrances, apertures, beginnings, or acts of making something open.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
To speak, declare, or make known; also outermost or complete, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
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Open the full verse study3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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Open the full verse study24But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
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Open the full verse study49Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
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Open the full verse study1DOTH not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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Open the full verse study30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
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Open the full verse study54And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
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Open the full verse study37In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
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Open the full verse study27What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
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Open the full verse study2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
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Open the full verse study3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
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Open the full verse study20Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
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