Wisdom Calls

Wisdom calls aloud in the street
 She raises her voice in the public squares
 At the noisy streets she cries out
 In the gateways of the city she makes her speech
 How long will you simple ones
 love your simple ways?
 How long will mockers boast
 and fools hate knowledge?
 I would have poured out my heart to you
 And made my thoughts known to you
 Seek me while you can
 Or it will be to late
 Then you will call to me
 But I will not answer
 Since you rejected me when I called
 Since you ignored all my advice
 And would not accept my rebuke
 I in turn will laugh at your disaster
 How long will you simple ones
 love your simple ways?
 How long will mockers boast
 and fools hate knowledge?
 I would have poured out my heart to you
 And made my thoughts known to you
 Seek me while you can!
 They will call to me
 But I will not answer
 They will look for me
 But they will not find me
 Since they hated knowledge
 And did not choose to fear the Lord
 They will eat the fruit of their ways
 And be filled with the fruit of their schemes
 The waywardness of the simple will kill them
 The complacency of fools will destroy them
 Whoever listens to me will live in safety
 And be at ease without fear of harm
 How long will you simple ones
 love your simple ways?
 How long will mockers boast
 and fools hate knowledge?
 Proverbs 1