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21 She cries out in the noisy street.
    She makes her speech at the city gates:
22 “You foolish people! How long do you want to stay foolish?
    How long will you make fun of wisdom?
    How long will you hate knowledge?
23 Listen when I correct you.
    I will tell you what’s in my heart.
    I will tell you what I am thinking.

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21 on top of the wall[a] she cries out,
    at the city gate she makes her speech:

22 “How long will you who are simple(A) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate(B) knowledge?
23 Repent at my rebuke!
    Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
    I will make known to you my teachings.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners