Proverbs 1:24-31 ▼

24 Because I have called, and you refuse, || I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,

25 And you slight all my counsel, || And you have not desired my reproof.

26 I also laugh in your calamity, || I deride when your fear comes,

27 When your fear comes as destruction, || And your calamity comes as a windstorm, || When adversity and distress come on you.

28 Then they call me, and I do not answer, || They seek me earnestly, and do not find me.

29 Because that they have hated knowledge, || And have not chosen the fear of YHWH.

30 They have not consented to my counsel, || They have despised all my reproof,

31 And they eat of the fruit of their way, || And they are filled from their own counsels.