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Proverbs - ch 1 v 21 - 33
- At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:
- `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
- Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.
- Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
- And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired.
- I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,
- When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.
- Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.
- Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.
- They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
- And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
- For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
- And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And `is' quiet from fear of evil!'
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