Proverbs:1:20-33
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Wisdom cries aloud in the street ;
in the markets she raises her voice ;
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on the top of the walls she cries out ;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks :
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How long ,
O simple ones ,
will you love being simple ?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge ?
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Give heed to my reproof ;
behold ,
I will pour out my thoughts to you ;
I will make my words known to you .
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Because I have called and you refused to listen ,
have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded ,
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and you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof ,
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I also will laugh at your calamity ;
I will mock when panic strikes you ,
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when panic strikes you like a storm ,
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind ,
when distress and anguish come upon you .
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Then they will call upon me ,
but I will not answer ;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me .
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Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD ,
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would have none of my counsel ,
and despised all my reproof ,
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therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices .
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For the simple are killed by their turning away ,
and the complacence of fools destroys them ;
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but he who listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease ,
without dread of evil ."
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