Proverbs of Solomon 01 The Invitation and Exhortation of Wisdom

 Proverbs of Solomon 01

The Invitation and Exhortation of Wisdom

20 Wisdom cries aloud from the street; she raises her voice in the streets.

21 At the crossroads, in the midst of the tumult, she cries out; at the entrances of the gates and in the city she utters her words:

22 How long, O you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And you scoffers will desire scorn, and you fools will hate knowledge?

23 Repent at my rebuke: behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you abundantly, and make my words known to you.

24 But because I called, and you refused; because I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

25 But you rejected all my counsel, and would not receive my reproof; 

26 I also will laugh at your calamity, and I will mock when your fear comes.

27 When your fear comes like desolation, and your destruction comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, but they will not find me.

29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord;

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

31 Therefore they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own devices.

32 For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

33 But whoever listens will dwell safely, and will be at peace from fear of evil.