Warning Against Disregarding Wisdom
1:20 Wisdom96 calls out97 in the street,
she shouts loudly98 in the plazas;99
1:21 at the head of the noisy100 streets she calls,
in the entrances of the gates in the city101 she utters her words:102
1:22 “How long will you simpletons103 love naiveté?104
How long105 will mockers106 delight107 in mockery108
and fools109 hate knowledge?
1:23 If only110 you will respond111 to my rebuke,112
then113 I will pour114 out my thoughts115 to you
and116 I will make117 my words known to you.
1:24 However,118 because119 I called but you refused to listen,120
because121 I stretched out my hand122 but no one paid attention,
1:25 because123 you neglected124 all my advice,
and did not comply125 with my rebuke,
1:26 so126 I myself will laugh127 when disaster strikes you,128
I will mock when what you dread129 comes,
1:27 when what you dread130 comes like a whirlwind,131
and disaster strikes you132 like a devastating storm,133
when distressing trouble134 comes on you.
1:28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer;
they will diligently seek135 me, but they will not find me.
1:29 Because136 they hated moral knowledge,137
and did not choose to fear the Lord,138
1:30 they did not comply with my advice,
they spurned139 all my rebuke.
1:31 Therefore140 they will eat from the fruit141 of their way,142
and they will be stuffed full143 of their own counsel.
1:32 For the waywardness144 of the
simpletons will kill145 them,
and the careless ease146 of fools will destroy them.
1:33 But the one who listens147 to me will live in security,148
and will be at ease149 from the dread of harm.
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