Proverbs 1:16-22

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

¹⁷For uselessly is the net spread out before the eyes of every winged bird:

¹⁸While they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch in concealment for their own lives.

¹⁹So are the paths of every one that is greedy after unlawful gain; it taketh away the life of those that own it.

²⁰Wisdom crieth loudly without; in the public places she uttereth her voice;

²¹At the corner of noisy streets she calleth, at the entrances of gates; in the city she sayeth her speeches:

²²How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?