Proverbs 1:21
“She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,”
KJV
Read in Proverbs 1Meaning
The imagery places moral instruction in the ordinary civic life of the city.
Read carefully
It portrays Wisdom speaking publicly; it does not establish coercive theocracy.
Reflection
Bring ethical judgment into ordinary civic and economic choices.