Proverbs 1:22-28

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?

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

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

²⁵But you have ignored all my instruction and paid no attention to my correction.

²⁶I will laugh at your calamity, I will mock you when the terror comes—

²⁷when your fearful dread comes like a storm and disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

²⁸Then they will call upon me, and I will not answer; they will desperately call for me, but they will not find me.