Proverbs 1:14-25

¹⁴Throw in your lot with us; we will all have one purse together.”

¹⁵My son, do not walk down that road with them; do not let your foot touch where they walk;

¹⁶their feet run to evil and they hurry to shed blood.

¹⁷For it is useless to spread the net in the sight of any bird.

¹⁸These men lie in wait for their own blood— they set an ambush for their own lives.

¹⁹So are the ways of everyone who gains riches by injustice; unjust gain takes away the lives of those who hold on to it.

²⁰Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the open places;

²¹at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, at the entrance of the city gates she speaks,

²²“How long, you naive people, will you love being naive? How long, you mockers, will you delight in mockery, and how long, you fools, will you hate knowledge?

²³Pay attention to my correction; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you.

²⁴I have called, and you have refused to listen; I reached out with my hand, but there was no one who paid attention.

²⁵But you have ignored all my instruction and paid no attention to my correction.