Proverbs 1:20–33

²⁰Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice, ²¹At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith: ²²‘Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge? ²³Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you. ²⁴Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending, ²⁵And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired. ²⁶I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh, ²⁷When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress. ²⁸Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not. ²⁹Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen. ³⁰They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof, ³¹And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled. ³²For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them. ³³And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And is quiet from fear of evil!’

Chapter 2