Proverbs 1:15-24

¹⁵My son, do not accompany them! Do not walk on the roads with them!

¹⁶They rush to do evil deeds! They hurry to murder MTY people.

¹⁷It is useless to put out a ◄trap/net to catch a bird► because when a bird sees it, it stays away from it.

¹⁸But those wicked people are not like the birds, because they do not realize that when they prepare to ambush someone to kill him, they will be killed themselves!

¹⁹That is what happens to people who eagerly try to get things by violently attacking others. They will only destroy themselves!

²⁰Wisdom PRS shouts to people in the streets, and calls out to people in the ◄plazas/town squares►.

²¹Wisdom calls out in noisy places, and at the entrances to cities.

²²Wisdom says, “How long will you stupid people continue to enjoy doing foolish things RHQ? How long will you people who ridicule God enjoy doing that RHQ? How long will you foolish people refuse to know what things are right RHQ?

²³If you pay attention to me when I rebuke you, I will tell you what I am thinking in my inner being; I will give you some good advice.

²⁴But when I called to you, you refused to listen. I beckoned to you to come to me, but you ignored me.