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Proverbs 1:20-33

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The Usefulness of Proverbs

²⁰¶Wisdom shouts in the street, She raises her voice in the public square;

²¹At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she declares her sayings:

²²“How long, you naive ones, will you love simplistic thinking? And how long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?

²³“Turn to my rebuke, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

²⁴“Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

²⁵And you neglected all my advice And did not want my rebuke;

²⁶I will also laugh at your disaster; I will mock when your dread comes,

²⁷When your dread comes like a storm And your disaster comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.

²⁸“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but will not find me,

²⁹Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord.

³⁰“They did not accept my advice, They disdainfully rejected every rebuke from me.

³¹“So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes.

³²“For the faithlessness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

³³“But whoever listens to me will live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

Proverbs 1:20-33 (NASB)