Proverbs 1:20–22

Wisdom cries aloud in the street,

in the markets she raises her voice;

at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;

at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?

How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing

and fools hate knowledge?

Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,

she raises her voice in the public square;

on top of the wall she cries out,

at the city gate she makes her speech:

“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?

How long will mockers delight in mockery

and fools hate knowledge?

Wisdom calls out in the street;

she makes her voice heard in the public squares.

She cries out above the commotion;

she speaks at the entrance of the city gates:

“How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance?

How long will you mockers enjoy mocking

and you fools hate knowledge?

Wisdom shouts in the streets.

She cries out in the public square.

She calls to the crowds along the main street,

to those gathered in front of the city gate:

“How long, you simpletons,

will you insist on being simpleminded?

How long will you mockers relish your mocking?

How long will you fools hate knowledge?

Wisdom calls out in the streets,

in the squares she raises her voice.

On a busy corner she cries out,

at the entrances of the gates in the city, she speaks her sayings:

“How long, O simple ones, will you love simplicity?

And how long will scoffers delight in their scoffing,

and fools hate knowledge?

Wisdom crieth without;

She uttereth her voice in the streets:

She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates:

In the city she uttereth her words, saying,

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

And the scorners delight in their scorning,

And fools hate knowledge?