Proverbs Chapter 1 20-33

Wisdom cries outside;
she cries aloud in the streets:
at the head of the noisy streets she cries out,
in the openings of the gates:
in the city she utters her words, saying,
How long you simple ones,
will you love simplicity?
and the scorners delight in their scorning,
and fools hate knowledge?
Turn at my reproof:
behold,
I will pour out my spirit unto you,
I will make known my words unto you.
Because I have called and you refused;
I have stretched out my hand,
and no man heeded;
But you have set at nought all my counsel,
and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your fear comes;
When your fear comes as desolation,
and your destruction comes as a whirlwind;
when distress and anguish come upon you.
Then shall they call upon me,
but I will not answer;
they shall seek me early,
but they shall not find me:
For that they hated knowledge,
and they did not choose the fear of the LORD;
They would none of my counsel:
they despised all my reproof.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,
and be filled with their own devices.
For the waywardness of the simple shall slay them,
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
But whoever listens to me shall dwell safely,
and shall be at ease from the fear of evil.