then they will call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but not find me.

for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Say to wisdom, "you are my sister," and you shall call insight, "{intimate friend}."

Does not wisdom call, and understanding raise its voice?

"To you, O {people}, I call, and my cry is to the children of humankind.

[in order] to call to those who pass by the road, those who go straight [on] their way:

He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.

He who plans to do evil for himself, they will call [him] "master of mischief."