Proverbs 1:20
The Call of Wisdom
20 aWisdom cries aloud in the street,in the markets she raises her voice;
Proverbs 8:1
The Blessings of Wisdom
1 Does not bwisdom call?Does not cunderstanding raise her voice?
Proverbs 8:3
3beside dthe gates in front of ethe town,at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
Proverbs 9:3
3She has fsent out her young women to gcallfrom hthe highest places in the town,
Isaiah 40:2
2 iSpeak tenderly to Jerusalem,and cry to her
that jher warfare ▼
▼Or hardship
is ended,that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
Isaiah 40:6
The Word of God Stands Forever
6 A voice says, “Cry!”And I said, ▼
▼Revocalization based on Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Vulgate; Masoretic Text And someone says
“What shall I cry?”mAll flesh is grass,
and all its beauty ▼
▼Or all its constancy
is like the flower of the field.Isaiah 55:1
The Compassion of the Lord
1 o“Come, everyone who thirsts,come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
pcome, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
Isaiah 58:1
True and False Fasting
1 “Cry aloud; do not hold back;qlift up your voice like a trumpet;
rdeclare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
Jeremiah 2:2
2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,“I remember the devotion of syour youth,
your love tas a bride,
uhow you followed me in the wilderness,
vin a land not sown.
Micah 6:9
Destruction of the Wicked
9 The voice of the Lord cries to the city—and it is sound wisdom to fear wyour name:
“Hear of xthe rod and of him who appointed it! ▼
▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
John 1:23
23He said, “I am zthe voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight ▼▼Or crying out, ‘In the wilderness make straight
the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.” John 7:28
28So Jesus proclaimed, abas he taught in the temple, ac“You know me, and you know where I come from. But adI have not come of my own accord. aeHe who sent me is true, afand him you do not know.
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