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Proverbs 1

²⁰Wisdom calls out in the street,
in the public squares she raises her voice. ²¹At the most populated places she cries out,
In the entrance of the city gates she speaks her words. ²²"Until when oh simple ones will you love simplicity,
and mockers delight themselves in mocking,
and fools hate knowledge?" ²³Return to my reproof,
behold I will pour out my Spirit to you,
I will make you know my words. ²⁴Because I called and you rejected me,
I stretched out my hand and there was nobody who listened attentively, ²⁵Because you made yourself free of all my counsel,
and you did not desire my reproof, ²⁶Even so also I will laugh at your calamity,
and mock when your terror comes upon you. ²⁷When your terror comes like a storm,
and your calamity comes like the end,
When trouble and distress come upon you, ²⁸Then you'll call me but I won’t answer,
You'll search for me early in the morning, but you won't find me. ²⁹Because they hated knowledge, and they didn't choose the fear of YHWH, ³⁰They did not desire my counsel,
They rejected all my reproof, ³¹So they will eat from the fruit of their way,
and be sated from their own counsels. ³² Because the rebellion of the simple will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them. ³³But the one who hears me will dwell in trust,
and rest from the fear of evil.

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