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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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New King James Version

Proverbs 9:15

To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:

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

New Living Translation
She calls out to men going by who are minding their own business.
Update Bible Version
To call to those that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
World English Bible
To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their ways,
Amplified Bible
Calling to those who pass by, Who are making their paths straight:
English Standard Version
calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
to clepe men passinge bi the weie, and men goynge in her iournei.
English Revised Version
To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways,
Berean Standard Bible
calling to those who pass by, who make their paths straight:
Contemporary English Version
She shouts to everyone who passes by,
American Standard Version
To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
Bible in Basic English
Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says:
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,
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:
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,
Geneva Bible (1587)
To call them that passe by the way, that go right on their way, saying,
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:
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,
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;
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:
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,
Young's Literal Translation
To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight [on] their paths.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
to call soch as go by and walke straight in their wayes.
New American Standard Bible
Calling to those who pass by, Who are going straight on their paths:
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Calling to those who pass by, Who are making their paths straight:
Legacy Standard Bible
To call to those who pass by that way,Who are making their paths straight:

Contextual Overview

13 A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing. 14 For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city, 15 To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way: 16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here"; And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, 17 "Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant." 18 18 But he does not know that the dead are there,That her guests are in the depths of hell. [fn]

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
Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:
Genesis 9:10
and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
Exodus 28:12
And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders as a memorial.
Deuteronomy 7:9
"Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
1 Kings 8:23
and he said: "LORD God of Israel, there is no God in heaven above or on earth below like You, who keep Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
Nehemiah 9:32
"Now therefore, our God, The great, the mighty, and awesome God, Who keeps covenant and mercy: Do not let all the trouble seem small before You That has come upon us, Our kings and our princes, Our priests and our prophets, Our fathers and on all Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.
Psalms 106:45
And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.
Jeremiah 14:21
Do not abhor us, for Your name's sake; Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory. Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
Ezekiel 16:60
"Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
Luke 1:72
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers And to remember His holy covenant,

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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