Proverbs 1:20-33

20Wisdom calls aloud in the streets, she raises her voice in public squares.

21She cries out above the commotion. At the entrances of the city gates, she utters her speech:

22“How long will you naïve ones love simplicity, you scoffers delight in scoffing, and you fools hate knowledge?

23You are repulsed at my rebuke. Behold, I pour out my heart to you. I will make my words known to you.

24Because you refused when I called, and did not pay attention when I stretched out my hand,

25since you ignore all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,

26I in turn will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when dread comes on you,

27when your terror comes like a storm and your calamity sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when trouble and distress overwhelm you!

28Then they will cry out to me, but I will not answer! They will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

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

30they would not accept my counsel, they spurned all my reproof,

31so they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes.

32For the backsliding of the naïve will kill them and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

33But whoever pays attention to me will live securely, and be free from the fear of evil.”