Proverbs 1:21-33

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 12naive ones, will you love 3being simple-minded? And 4scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools 5hate knowledge?23Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will 6pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.24Because 7I called and you 8refused, I 9stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;25And you 10neglected all my counsel And did not 11want my reproof;26I will also 12laugh at your 13calamity; I will mock when your 14dread comes,27When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a 15whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.28Then they will 16call on me, but I will not answer; They will 17seek me diligently but they will not find me,29Because they 18hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord.30They 19would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.31So they shall 20eat of the fruit of their own way And be 21satiated with their own devices.32For the 22waywardness of the 23naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.33But 24he who listens to me shall 25live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”