Proverbs 1:18-32

18But they 1lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.19So are the ways of everyone who 2gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.

203Wisdom shouts in the street, She 4lifts her voice in the square;21At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:22“How long, O 56naive ones, will you love 7being simple-minded? And 8scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools 9hate knowledge?23Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will 10pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.24Because 11I called and you 12refused, I 13stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;25And you 14neglected all my counsel And did not 15want my reproof;26I will also 16laugh at your 17calamity; I will mock when your 18dread comes,27When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a 19whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.28Then they will 20call on me, but I will not answer; They will 21seek me diligently but they will not find me,29Because they 22hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord.30They 23would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.31So they shall 24eat of the fruit of their own way And be 25satiated with their own devices.32For the 26waywardness of the 27naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.