Proverbs 1:20-23

Contemporary English Version

^20 (A) Wisdom^[a] shouts in the streets
    wherever crowds gather.
²¹ She shouts in the marketplaces
and near the city gates
    as she says to the people,
²² “How much longer
will you enjoy
    being stupid fools?
Won't you ever stop sneering
    and laughing at knowledge?
²³ Listen as I correct you
    and tell you what I think.