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Proverbs 8
[Bible]Proverbs 8 is the chapter in which personified Wisdom calls out to people at the city gates and along the roads, declares her worth and her presence beside the LORD before creation, and urges that whoever finds Wisdom finds life.
Proverbs 9
[Bible]Proverbs 9 is the final chapter of the introductory section of Proverbs (chapters 1–9). In it, personified Wisdom and the foolish woman each prepare a feast and call out to the simple, setting before them a choice between the way of life and the way of death.
Proverbs 7
[Bible]Proverbs 7 is a father's instruction warning his son against the enticements of the adulteress. It depicts a young man, seen from a window, who yields to temptation and goes to his ruin.
Daughter of Zion
[Bible]The Daughter of Zion is a poetic Old Testament expression that personifies Jerusalem and its inhabitants as a woman. It appears frequently in the Prophets and in Lamentations, and the New Testament quotes the title in its accounts of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem.