Bible Strands
Proverbs 1:21
in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Wisdom addresses the simple, scoffers, and fools in active urban spaces. She speaks at the main concourse and city gates during peak civic gatherings.
The words — תִּקְרָא (tik.Ra') means "she calls out," and אֲמָרֶי/הָ ('a.ma.Rei./ha) denotes "her sayings." These terms frame the message as public proclamation rather than private instruction.
The thread — This public declaration pattern recurs in Proverbs 9:3 where Wisdom sends her maidservants, Acts 5:20 where apostles are ordered to speak in temple courts, and Matthew 10:27 where hidden teaching requires open proclamation.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate attention to publicly delivered warning. It requires readers to acknowledge that divine instruction is offered openly to those who habitually ignore it.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
Cross-references
- Acts 5:20 “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
- Proverbs 9:3 She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
- Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
- Matthew 13:2 Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
- John 18:20 “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.