^20 (A)Wisdom shouts in the street,
She ^[a]raises her voice in the public square;
²¹ At 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 ^(B)naive ones, will you love simplistic thinking?
And how long will ^(C)scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools ^(D)hate knowledge?
²³ Turn to my rebuke,
Behold, I will ^(E)pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
²⁴ Because ^(F)I called and you ^(G)refused,
I ^(H)stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
²⁵ And you ^(I)neglected all my advice
And did not ^(J)want my rebuke;
²⁶ I will also ^(K)laugh at your ^(L)disaster;
I will mock when your ^(M)dread comes,
²⁷ When your dread comes like a storm
And your disaster comes like a ^(N)whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
²⁸ Then they will ^(O)call on me, but I will not answer;
They will ^(P)seek me diligently but will not find me,
²⁹ Because they ^(Q)hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord.
³⁰ They ^(R)did not accept my advice,
They disdainfully rejected every rebuke from me.
³¹ So they shall ^(S)eat of the fruit of their own way,
And be ^(T)filled with their own schemes.
³² For the ^(U)faithlessness of the naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
³³ But ^(V)whoever listens to me will live securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

5 My son, ^(A)pay attention to my wisdom,
^(B)Incline your ear to my understanding,
² So that you may ^(C)maintain discretion
And your ^(D)lips may comply with knowledge.

7 My son, ^(A)keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.
^2 (B)Keep my commandments and live,
And my ^[a]teaching ^(C)as the ^[b]apple of your eye.

³¹ The ^(A)mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom,
But the ^(B)perverted tongue will be cut out.

¹⁴ Where there is no ^(A)guidance the people fall,
But in an abundance of counselors there is ^[a]victory.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are just,
But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

²⁶ The righteous person is a guide to his neighbor,
But the way of the wicked leads them astray.

¹³ One who ^(A)despises the word will do badly,
But one who fears the commandment will be ^(B)rewarded.