ESV Reformation Study Bible – Pr 1:20
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Pr 1:20

1:20 Wisdom is portrayed as an open-air preacher similar to the caller in Is. 55. Personified as a woman, she calls on the simple to repent of folly and to seek wisdom before it is too late. Personification of wisdom is found also in 3:14–18; 8:1–36; 9:1–12.