Proverbs 1:19-24 in English

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

²⁰ Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

²¹ She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:

²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

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

²⁴ Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;

¹⁹ These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

²⁰ Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.

²¹ And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,

²² So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.

²³ Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.

²⁴ Since I called, and ye did not hearken; and I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;

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

²⁰ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

²¹ She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

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

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

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

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

²⁰ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

²¹ She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

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

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

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

¹⁹ These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

²⁰ Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.

²¹ And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,

²² So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.

²³ Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.

²⁴ Since I called, and you° did not listen; and I spoke at length, and you° gave no heed;

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

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

²¹ She crieth in the chief place of concourse; at the entering in of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:

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

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

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

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

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

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

²² Wisdom 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?

²³ If 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.

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

¹⁹ These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

²⁰ Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.

²¹ And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,

²² So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.

²³ Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.

²⁴ Since I called, and you° did not listen; and I spoke at length, and you° gave no heed;

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

²⁰ Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

²¹ She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

²² “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

²⁴ Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

²⁰ Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

²¹ She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

²² “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

²⁴ Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

²⁰ Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

²¹ She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

²² “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

²⁴ Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

¹⁹ Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

²⁰ Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;

²¹ Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:

²² How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

²³ Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

²⁴ Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

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

²⁰ Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

²¹ she calleth in the chief place of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:

²² How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?

²³ Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.

²⁴ Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

¹⁹ So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.

²⁰ Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:

²¹ At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:

²² O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?

²³ Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.

²⁴ Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.

¹⁹ This is what happens to you if you try to become rich through crime—it kills you!

²⁰ Wisdom calls out in the streets; she shouts aloud in the squares.

²¹ She cries out at busy corners; she explains her message at the town gates:

²² “How long will you stupid people love stupidity? How long will scornful people enjoy their mocking? How long will fools hate knowledge?

²³ Pay attention to my warnings, and I'll pour out my deepest thoughts to you—I'll explain what I know to you.

²⁴ For I have called you, but you refused to listen; I reached out my hand to you, but you didn't care.

¹⁹ Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.

²⁰ Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.

²¹ She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,

²² O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?

²³ (Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)

²⁴ Because I haue called, and ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hand, and none woulde regarde.

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

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

²¹ She 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?

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

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

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

²⁰ Wisdom crieth without; She uttereth her voice in the streets:

²¹ She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: In the city she uttereth her words, saying,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²³ Turn back to my admonition: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

²⁴ Whereas I called, and ye refused; I stretched out my hand, and no man was attentive;

¹⁹ These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; For by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

²⁰ Wisdom sings aloud in passages, And in the broad places speaks boldly.

²¹ And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, And sits by the gates of princes; And at the gates of the city boldly says,

²² So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: But the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, Having become ungodly have hated knowledge, And are become subject to reproofs.

²³ Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, And I will instruct you in my speech.

²⁴ Since I called, and ye did not hearken; And I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;

¹⁹ Such are the ways of every one greedy of unjust gain; It taketh away the life of the possessor thereof.

²⁰ Wisdom crieth out in the highway; In the market-place she uttereth her voice;

²¹ At the head of the noisy streets she crieth aloud; At the entrances of the gates, throughout the city, she proclaimeth her words saying:

²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? How long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn ye at my reproof! Behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make known my words to you!

²⁴ “Because I have called, and ye have refused,—Because I have stretched out my hand, and no one hath regarded.

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

²⁰ Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

²¹ She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

²² “How long, you simple ones, will you 'ahav ·affectionately love· thoughtless living? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

²⁴ Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

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

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

²¹ at 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?

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

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

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

²⁰ Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

²¹ She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

²² “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

²⁴ Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

²⁰ Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

²¹ She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

²² “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

²⁴ Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

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

²⁰ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

²¹ She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying ,

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

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

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

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

²⁰ Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

²¹ She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

²² “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

²⁴ Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

²⁰ Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

²¹ She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

²² “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

²⁴ Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

¹⁹ So the paths of each avaricious man ravish, or take away, the souls of them that wield.

²⁰ Wisdom preacheth withoutforth; in streets it giveth his voice.

²¹ It crieth oft in the head of companies; in the leaves of the gates of the city it bringeth forth his words, and saith,

²² How long, little men in wit, love young childhood, and fools shall covet those things, that be harmful to themselves, and unprudent men shall hate knowing?

²³ Be ye converted at my reproving; lo, I shall bring forth to you my spirit, and I shall show my words.

²⁴ For I called, and ye forsook; I held forth mine hand, and none there was that beheld.

¹⁹ So the paths of each avaricious man ravish, or take away, the souls of them that wield (them).

²⁰ Wisdom preacheth withoutforth; in streets it giveth his voice. (Wisdom preacheth outside; yea, it raiseth up its voice in the streets.)

²¹ It crieth oft in the head of companies; in the leaves of the gates of the city it bringeth forth his words, and saith, (It crieth often at the tops of the streets; and at the leaves of the gates of the city, it bringeth forth its words, and saith,)

²² How long, little men in wit, love young childhood, and fools shall covet those things, that be harmful to themselves, and unprudent men shall hate knowing? (How long, ye of little wit, or of low intelligence, shall ye love foolishness, and shall fools desire those things that be harmful to themselves, and shall the imprudent hate knowledge, or understanding?)

²³ Be ye converted at my reproving (or Be ye changed by my rebukes); lo, I shall bring forth to you my spirit, and I shall show (you) my words.

²⁴ For I called, and ye forsook; I held forth mine hand, and none there was that beheld. (For I called, but you would not listen to me; I held forth my hand, but no one paid any attention to it.)

¹⁹ So are the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

²⁰ Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,

²¹ At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:

²² 'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.

²⁴ Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,