In Proverbs, which figure is a central voice calling out to people and representing discernment and order?

• A. Lady Wisdom
• B. The King
• C. Folly
• D. The Prophet

Answer: (A)

Wisdom in Proverbs is depicted as a noble woman who stands in the streets and calls out to people, inviting them to discernment and an orderly, godly life. This personified figure—often called Lady Wisdom—acts as the book’s guiding voice, presenting wise living as practical, orderly, and life-giving. You can see this call echoed in passages where Wisdom cries aloud in the streets and at the city gates, urging people to listen, learn, and choose understanding. This figure stands in contrast to Folly, who embodies the wasting path, but the central, constant call to discernment and living rightly is rooted in Lady Wisdom. The King or the Prophet do appear in biblical literature, but they do not serve as the book’s universal voice of discernment and order in the same way.