Proverbs 1:20-27

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

²¹And 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,

²²So 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.

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

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

²⁵But ye set at nought my counsels, And disregarded my reproofs;

²⁶Therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; And I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:

²⁷Yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, And your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; And when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, Or when ruin shall come upon you.