^{20 Ref} Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;

^{21 Ref} Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:

^{22 Ref} How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

^{23 Ref} Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

^{24 Ref} Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

^{25 Ref} You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:

^{26 Ref} So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;

^{27 Ref} When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

^{28 Ref} Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

^{29 Ref} For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

^{30 Ref} They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

^{31 Ref} So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

^{32 Ref} For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

^{33 Ref} But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.