Proverbs 8:3
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
She cryeth at the gates, at the entrie of the citie, at the comming in at the doores.
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- John 18:20Rank 3 from verse 3
20Jesus 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.
20Iesus answered him, I spake openly to the world, I euer taught in the Synagogue, and in the Temple, whither the Iewes alwayes resort, and in secret haue I said nothing:
- Luke 14:21–23Rank 4 from verse 3
21So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
21So that seruant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry, sayde to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.
22And the seruant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is roume.
23And the Lord said vnto the seruant, Goe out into the high wayes and hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Matthew 22:9Rank 5 from verse 3
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Proverbs 8:3
Movable barriers and the entrances they close in walls, cities, courts, houses, or enclosed places; by extension, the city, jurisdiction, public place, or access represented by those entrances.
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The act or place of entering; entrance.
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Sense 1: Present-participial form of come: approaching or arriving. Sense 2: The act, time, or event of approaching or arriving.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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8:2She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
8:2Shee standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the pathes.
8:3She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
8:3She cryeth at the gates, at the entrie of the citie, at the comming in at the doores.
Selected passage8:4Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
8:4Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sonnes of man.