The Call of Wisdom
20Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets: outside
21She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, saying, trade
22How long, youp simple ones, will youp love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23Turn youp at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit to youp, I will make known my words to youp. correction
24Because I have called, and youp refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25But youp have set at nothing all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: treated with contempt; accepted
26I also will laugh at yourp calamity; I will mock when yourp fear comes;
27When yourp fear comes as desolation, and yourp destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes upon youp.
28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, 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 turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33But whoso hearkens to me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. listens