Proverbs 1:11-29

VIN(i) 11 If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause; 12 Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the pit. 13 We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with plunder. 14 Throw in your lot with us. We'll all have one purse." 15 My son, do not go along with them, and keep your feet away from their paths! 16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. 17 Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds, 18 but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves. 19 Such is the way of all those who seek illicit gain it takes away the lives of those who possess it. 20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares. 21 At the corner of noisy streets she calleth, at the entrances of gates; in the city she sayeth her speeches: 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge? 23 May you turn to my argument! Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you; I will make my words known to you. 24 Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand; 25 because you neglected all my advice and did not want my correction, 26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you, 27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you. 28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; 29 Since they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD,