²² “How long will you who are simple^(B) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate^(C) knowledge?
²³ Repent at my rebuke!
    Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
    I will make known to you my teachings.
²⁴ But since you refuse^(D) to listen when I call^(E)
    and no one pays attention^(F) when I stretch out my hand,
²⁵ since you disregard all my advice
    and do not accept my rebuke,
²⁶ I in turn will laugh^(G) when disaster^(H) strikes you;
    I will mock^(I) when calamity overtakes you^(J)—
²⁷ when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster^(K) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

²⁸ “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;^(L)
    they will look for me but will not find me,^(M)
29 since they hated knowledge
    and did not choose to fear the Lord.^(N)
30 Since they would not accept my advice
    and spurned my rebuke,^(O)
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.^(P)
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them;^(Q)
33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety^(R)
    and be at ease, without fear of harm.”^(S)

³¹ From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,^(A)
    but a perverse tongue^(B) will be silenced.

¹⁴ For lack of guidance a nation falls,^(A)
    but victory is won through many advisers.^(B)

⁵ The plans of the righteous are just,
    but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

²⁶ The righteous choose their friends carefully,
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.^(A)

¹³ Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,^(A)
    but whoever respects^(B) a command is rewarded.^(C)