20Wisdom sings in the street and gives her voice in the squares.21At the head of the noisy places she calls; in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words.22How long, O simple ones, will you love simplicity, and will scorners desire scorning for themselves, and will fools hate knowledge?23Return to my argument. Behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.24Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one listened.25You neglected all my counsel and were not willing to accept my argument.26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread arrives.27When your dread comes like desolation and your calamity like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you,28Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me, but they will not find me.29Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,30They were not willing to follow my counsel and spurned all my argument.31Therefore they will eat the fruit of their way and be satisfied with their own counsels.32For the faithlessness of the simple will kill them, and the ease of the fools will destroy them.33But whoever listens to me will dwell in security and will be at rest from the dread of harm.