Proverbs 1:20-33

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Proverbs 1:20-33

Wisdom Warns

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^(A)Wisdom shouts in the street,
She ^(a)lifts her voice in the square;

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At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:

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“How long, O ^(b)^(B)naive ones, will you love ^(c)being simple-minded?
And ^(C)scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools ^(D)hate knowledge?

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“Turn to my reproof,
Behold, I will ^(E)pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.

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“Because ^(F)I called and you ^(G)refused,
I ^(H)stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

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And you ^(I)neglected all my counsel
And did not ^(J)want my reproof;

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I will also ^(K)laugh at your ^(L)calamity;
I will mock when your ^(M)dread comes,

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When your dread comes like a storm
And your calamity comes like a ^(N)whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.

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“Then they will ^(O)call on me, but I will not answer;
They will ^(P)seek me diligently but they will not find me,

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Because they ^(Q)hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord.

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“They ^(R)would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.

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“So they shall ^(S)eat of the fruit of their own way
And be ^(T)satiated with their own devices.

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“For the ^(U)waywardness of the ^(d)naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

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“But ^(V)he who listens to me shall ^(e)live securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

Footnotes:

a. Proverbs 1:20: ['Lit ', gives]

b. Proverbs 1:22: ['Lit ', simple ones]

c. Proverbs 1:22: ['Or ', naivete]

d. Proverbs 1:32: ['Lit ', simple ones]

e. Proverbs 1:33: ['Lit ', dwell]

Cross references:

A. Proverbs 1:20: Proverbs 8:1-3; Proverbs 9:3

B. Proverbs 1:22: Proverbs 1:4; Proverbs 1:32; Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 9:4; Proverbs 22:3

C. Proverbs 1:22: Psalm 1:1

D. Proverbs 1:22: Proverbs 1:29; Proverbs 5:12

E. Proverbs 1:23: Isaiah 32:15; Joel 2:28; John 7:39

F. Proverbs 1:24: Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4; Jeremiah 7:13

G. Proverbs 1:24: Zechariah 7:11

H. Proverbs 1:24: Isaiah 65:2; Romans 10:21

I. Proverbs 1:25: Psalm 107:11; Luke 7:30

J. Proverbs 1:25: Proverbs 15:10

K. Proverbs 1:26: Psalm 2:4

L. Proverbs 1:26: Proverbs 6:15

M. Proverbs 1:26: Proverbs 10:24

N. Proverbs 1:27: Proverbs 10:25

O. Proverbs 1:28: 1 Samuel 8:18; Job 27:9; Job 35:12; Psalm 18:41; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 11:11; Jeremiah 14:12; Ezekiel 8:18; Micah 3:4; Zechariah 7:13; James 4:3

P. Proverbs 1:28: Proverbs 8:17

Q. Proverbs 1:29: Job 21:14; Proverbs 1:22

R. Proverbs 1:30: Psalm 81:11; Proverbs 1:25

S. Proverbs 1:31: Job 4:8; Proverbs 5:22; Proverbs 5:23; Proverbs 22:8; Isaiah 3:11; Jeremiah 6:19

T. Proverbs 1:31: Proverbs 14:14

U. Proverbs 1:32: Jeremiah 2:19

V. Proverbs 1:33: Psalm 25:12; Psalm 25:13; Proverbs 3:24-26