Proverbs 1:20-30

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

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

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

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

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

²⁵But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

²⁶I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

²⁷When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

²⁸Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

²⁹For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,

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