Proverbs 1:16-32

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

¹⁷For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird;

¹⁸And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.

¹⁹So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

²⁰Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places;

²¹She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:

²²'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

²³Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

²⁴Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended,

²⁵But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof;

²⁶I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;

²⁷When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.

²⁸Then will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me.

²⁹For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;

³⁰They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.

³¹Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

³²For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.