Proverbs 1:20–33

²⁰Wisdom crieth aloud in the street;

She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

²¹She crieth in the chief place of concourse;

At the entrance of the gates,

In the city, she uttereth her words:

²²How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?

And scoffers delight them in scoffing,

And fools hate knowledge?

²³Turn you at my reproof:

Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you;

I will make known my words unto you.

²⁴Because I have called, and ye have refused;

I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;

²⁵But ye have set at nought all my counsel,

And would none of my reproof:

²⁶I also will laugh in the day of your calamity;

I will mock when your fear cometh;

²⁷When your fear cometh as a storm,

And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind;

When distress and anguish come upon you.

²⁸Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer;

They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

²⁹For that they hated knowledge,

And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

³⁰They would none of my counsel;

They despised all my reproof.

³¹Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,

And be filled with their own devices.

³²For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them,

And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

³³But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely,

And shall be quiet without fear of evil.