^{20 Ref} Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

^{21 Ref} She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:

^{22 Ref} How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

^{23 Ref} Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

^{24 Ref} Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;

^{25 Ref} But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

^{26 Ref} I also will laugh in `the day of' your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

^{27 Ref} When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

^{28 Ref} Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

^{29 Ref} For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

^{30 Ref} They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.

^{31 Ref} Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

^{32 Ref} For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

^{33 Ref} But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.