Proverbs 1:18-20

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
and set an ambush—for their own lives!
¹⁹Such is the end^[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.

The Call of Wisdom

²⁰Wisdom cries out in the street;
in the squares she raises her voice.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 1:19 Gk: Heb are the ways

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