Proverbs 1:24-31

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²⁴ Because I have called and you refused,
    have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,^(A)
25 and because you have ignored all my counsel
    and would have none of my reproof,^(B)
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
    I will mock when panic strikes you,^(C)
27 when panic strikes you like a storm
    and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
    when distress and anguish come upon you.
²⁸ Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
    they will seek me diligently but will not find me.^(D)
29 Because they hated knowledge
    and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
³⁰ would have none of my counsel
    and despised all my reproof,^(E)
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
    and be sated with their own devices.^(F)