Wisdom Warns

20 (A)Wisdom shouts in the street,
She [a]lifts her voice in the square;
21 At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:
22 “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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:20 Lit gives
  2. Proverbs 1:22 Lit simple ones
  3. Proverbs 1:22 Or naivete