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- Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;
- At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:
- "How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?
- "Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
- "Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
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- And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof;
- I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,
- When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
- "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,
- Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.
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- "They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.
- "So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices.
- "For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
- "But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil."
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