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Wisdom warns you!!
“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled],
will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?
How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,
How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?
“If you will turn and pay attention to my rebuke, Behold,
I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
“Because I called and you refused [to answer], I stretched out my hand
and no one has paid attention [to my offer]; And you treated all my counsel as nothing
And would not accept my reprimand, I also will laugh at your disaster;
I will mock when your dread and panic come, When your dread and panic come like a storm,
And your disaster comes like a whirlwind, When anxiety and
distress come upon you [as retribution]. “Then they will call upon me (Wisdom),
but I will not answer; They will seek me eagerly but they will not find me,
Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord [that is,
obeying Him with reverence and awe-filled respect], They would not accept my counsel,
And they spurned all my rebuke. “Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own [wicked] way
And be satiated with [the penalty of] their own devices.
“For the turning away of the naive will kill them, And the careless ease of
[self-righteous] fools will destroy them. “But whoever listens to me
(Wisdom) will live securely and in confident trust And will be at ease,
without fear or dread of evil.”
Amplified Bible Proverbs 1:22-33
