Proverbs 1:14-24

¹⁴cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:

¹⁵— my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;

¹⁶for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

¹⁷For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

¹⁸And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

¹⁹So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

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;