Proverbs 1:20-33

New International Version

Wisdom’s Rebuke

²⁰Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,^(A)
she raises her voice in the public square;
²¹on top of the wall^[a] she cries out,
at the city gate she makes her speech:

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?
²³Repent at my rebuke!
    Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
    I will make known to you my teachings.
²⁴But since you refuse^(D) to listen when I call^(E)
    and no one pays attention^(F) when I stretch out my hand,
²⁵since you disregard all my advice
    and do not accept my rebuke,
²⁶I in turn will laugh^(G) when disaster^(H) strikes you;
    I will mock^(I) when calamity overtakes you^(J)—
²⁷when 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)
²⁹since they hated knowledge
    and did not choose to fear the Lord.^(N)
³⁰Since they would not accept my advice
    and spurned my rebuke,^(O)
³¹they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.^(P)
³²For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them;^(Q)
³³but whoever listens to me will live in safety^(R)
    and be at ease, without fear of harm.”^(S)

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Footnotes

Proverbs 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

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Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom

¹⁸For the message of the cross is foolishness^(A) to those who are perishing,^(B) but to us who are being saved^(C) it is the power of God.^(D) ¹⁹For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”^[a]^(E)

²⁰Where is the wise person?^(F) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?^(G) Has not God made foolish^(H) the wisdom of the world? ²¹For since in the wisdom of God the world^(I) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save^(J) those who believe.^(K) ²²Jews demand signs^(L) and Greeks look for wisdom, ²³but we preach Christ crucified:^(M) a stumbling block^(N) to Jews and foolishness^(O) to Gentiles, ²⁴but to those whom God has called,^(P) both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God^(Q) and the wisdom of God.^(R) ²⁵For the foolishness^(S) of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness^(T) of God is stronger than human strength.