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Proverbs 9:15

Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Fool;   Harlot (Prostitute);   Hell;   Ignorance;   Lasciviousness;   Temptation;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fool, Foolishness, Folly;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Proverbs, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chastity;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
calling to those who pass by,who go straight ahead on their paths:
Hebrew Names Version
To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their ways,
King James Version
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
English Standard Version
calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
New American Standard Bible
Calling to those who pass by, Who are going straight on their paths:
New Century Version
She calls out to those who are passing by, who are going along, minding their own business.
New English Translation
calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.
Amplified Bible
Calling to those who pass by, Who are making their paths straight:
World English Bible
To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their ways,
Geneva Bible (1587)
To call them that passe by the way, that go right on their way, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
To call to those who pass by that way,Who are making their paths straight:
Berean Standard Bible
calling to those who pass by, who make their paths straight:
Contemporary English Version
She shouts to everyone who passes by,
Complete Jewish Bible
calling to those who pass by, to those going straight along their ways,
Darby Translation
to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
Easy-to-Read Version
When people walk by, she calls out to them. They show no interest in her, but still she says,
George Lamsa Translation
She calls those who pass by, who go right on their ways;
Good News Translation
and calls out to people passing by, who are minding their own business:
Lexham English Bible
in order to call to those who pass by the road, those who go straight on their way:
Literal Translation
to call those who pass by, who are going straight on their ways,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
to call soch as go by and walke straight in their wayes.
American Standard Version
To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways:
King James Version (1611)
To call passengers who go right on their wayes:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
To call such as go by, and that walke straight in their wayes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
English Revised Version
To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
to clepe men passinge bi the weie, and men goynge in her iournei.
Update Bible Version
To call to those that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
Webster's Bible Translation
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
New King James Version
To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:
New Living Translation
She calls out to men going by who are minding their own business.
New Life Bible
She calls to those who pass by and are making their paths straight,
New Revised Standard
calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To invite them who pass by the way, who are going straight on in their paths:
Douay-Rheims Bible
To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
Revised Standard Version
calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
Young's Literal Translation
To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight [on] their paths.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Calling to those who pass by, Who are making their paths straight:

Contextual Overview

13 The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all. 14 Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town, 15 Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says: 16 Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says: 17 Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing. 18 But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 7:13-15, Proverbs 7:25-27, Proverbs 23:27, Proverbs 23:28

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 16:25 - at every

Cross-References

Genesis 9:8
And God said to Noah and to his sons,
Genesis 9:10
And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.
Exodus 28:12
And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;
1 Kings 8:23
Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts.
Nehemiah 9:32
And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.
Psalms 106:45
And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.
Jeremiah 14:21
Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.
Ezekiel 16:60
But still I will keep in mind the agreement made with you in the days when you were young, and I will make with you an eternal agreement.
Luke 1:72
To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To call passengers who go right on their ways. Who have been religiously educated, and trained up in the principles of true Christianity; and who walk outwardly according to the rule of the divine word, and are in a fair way for heaven and eternal happiness. These she has her eye upon as they pass along, and calls unto them, and endeavours to turn them aside out of the way they are going, to make them proselytes to her antichristian religion; which, when she succeeds in, she glories and boasts of; just as harlots are very desirous of seducing and debauching chaste, innocent, and virtuous persons; see Revelation 2:20. Saying as follows:


 
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