Proverbs 1:20-33

20 wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raised her voice;
21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22 "How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers del light in their scoffing and fools hate knock knowledge?
23 "If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make words known to you.
24 "Because I have called and you have refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 "Because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
26 "I also will laugh at your calamity; I will l mock when terror strikes you,
27 "when terror strikes you like a storm and your call calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 "then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29 "Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 "would have none of my counsel and despised all of my reproof,
31 "therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
32 "For the simple are killed by turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
33 "but whoever listens to me will feel secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster."