Proverbs 1:20-30

20Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

21she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:

22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?

23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.

24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

25and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

26I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

27when 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.

29Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

30they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof: