Proverbs 1:20–31

20  Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways; 21  she calleth in the chief place of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words: 22  How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge? 23  Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words. 24  Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded; 25  and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26  I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh; 27  when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you: 28  —then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me. 29  Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah; 30  they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof: 31  therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.