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. 5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
Proverbs 9:3–5
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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.
Sirach 51:22–24
22 The Lord gave me a tongue for my reward. I will praise him with it. (WEB) 23 Draw near to me, all you who are uneducated, and live in the house of instruction. (WEB) 24 Why therefore are you all lacking in these things, and your souls are very thirsty? (WEB)
Sirach 15:2–4
2 She will meet him like a mother, and receive him like a wife married in her virginity. (WEB) 3 She will feed him with bread of understanding and give him water of wisdom to drink. (WEB) 4 He will be stayed upon her, and will not be moved. He will rely upon her, and will not be… (WEB)
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)
Sirach 24:18–20
18 I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope: I therefore, being eternal, am given to all my children which are named of him. (KJV) 19 “Come to me, all you who desire me, and be filled with my fruits. (WEB) 20 For my memory is sweeter than honey, and my i… (WEB)
Proverbs 7:9–11
9 at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night. 10 Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart. 11 She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
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