2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. 3 She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city. 4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
Proverbs 9:2–4
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Proverbs 9:15–17
15 calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. 16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment. 17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
Proverbs 1:20–22
20 Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; 21 in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech: 22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools h…
Proverbs 8:2–4
2 On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. 3 Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: 4 “To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Proverbs 7:11–13
11 She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home. 12 Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. 13 She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
Wisdom of Solomon 6:15–17
15 For to think upon her is perfection of understanding, and he who watches for her will quickly be free from care; (WEB) 16 because she herself goes around, seeking those who are worthy of her, and in their paths she appears to them graciously, and in every purpose she m… (WEB)
Proverbs 2:17–19
17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. 18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. 19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
Proverbs 23:27–29
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. 28 Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men. 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Proverbs 7:26–27
26 For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number. 27 Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
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