Proverbs 1:20-27

New King James Version

^20 (A)Wisdom calls aloud ^[a]outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares.
²¹ She cries out in the ^[b]chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words:
²² “How long, you ^[c]simple ones, will you love ^[d]simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.
²³ Turn at my rebuke;
Surely ^(B)I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
^24 (C)Because I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
²⁵ Because you ^(D)disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,
^26 (E)I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes,
²⁷ When ^(F)your terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.