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Proverbs - ch 1 v 21 - 33
- Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:
- 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?
- 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.
- Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;
- You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:
- So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;
- When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.
- Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
- For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
- They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
- So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.
- 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.
- But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.
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