Proverbs 1:20-25
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Warning Against Rejecting Wisdom
Wisdom calls aloud in the street,
she raises her voice in the public squares;
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at the head of the noisy streets she cries out,
in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
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“How long will you simple ones love your simple ways?
How long will mockers delight in mockery
and fools hate knowledge?
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If you had responded to my rebuke,
I would have poured out my heart to you
and made my thoughts known to you.
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But since you rejected me when I called
and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
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since you ignored all my advice
and would not accept my rebuke,