Proverbs 1:20–33

^20†eWisdom crieth without;

She uttereth her voice in the streets:

²¹She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in ^eethe openings of the gates:

In the city she uttereth her words, saying,

²²How long, ye ^fsimple ones, will ye love simplicity?

And the ^gscorners delight in their scorning,

And fools ^hhate knowledge?

²³Turn you at my reproof:

Behold, ⁱI will ^jpour out my spirit unto you,

I will make known my words unto you.

^24kBecause I have called, and ye ^lrefused;

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

²⁵But ye have ^mset at nought all my counsel,

And ⁿwould none of my reproof:

²⁶I also will ^olaugh at your calamity;

I will ^omock when your fear cometh;

²⁷When your fear cometh as ^pdesolation,

And your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;

When distress and anguish cometh upon you.

^28qThen shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;

They shall ^rseek me early, but they shall not find me:

²⁹For that they ^hhated knowledge,

And did not ^schoose the fear of the Lord:

³⁰They ^uwould none of my counsel:

They ^tdespised all my reproof.

³¹Therefore shall they eat of ^uthe fruit of their own way,

And be ^wfilled with their own devices.

³²For the ^||xturning away of the simple shall slay them,

And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

³³But ^ywhoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely,

And ^zshall be quiet from fear of evil.