Wisdom cries in the streets
Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge? If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you. Proverbs 1:20-23 ESV Wisdom is readily available. To make this perfectly clear the writer personifies wisdom as a woman who is standing in the way. You would have to try to avoid her. Moreover, she is calling out to the passersby. To those who heed her call she will make them wise and able to recognize wisdom. This is like the promise of James 1:5, which instructs those of us who lack wisdom to pray for it, and promises that prayer will be answered with the granting of wisdom. ...