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I will make known my words unto you.

²⁴Because I have called, and ye refused,

I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended,

²⁵But ye have set at nought all my counsel,

And would none of my reproof;

²⁶I also, in your calamity, will laugh,

I will mock when your dread cometh;

²⁷When your dread cometh as a storm,

And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind;

When trouble and distress come upon you.

²⁸Then will they call me, but I will not answer,

They will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me.

²⁹For that they hated knowledge,

And did not choose the fear of the Lord;

³⁰They would none of my counsel,

They despised all my reproof.

³¹Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,

And be filled with their own devices.

³²For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them,

And the confidence of fools shall destroy them.

³³But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely,

And shall be quiet without fear of evil.'

2My son, if thou wilt receive my words,

And lay up my commandments with thee;

²So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom,

And thy heart incline to discernment;

³Yea, if thou call for understanding,

And lift up thy voice for discernment;

⁴If thou seek her as silver,

And search for her as for hid treasures;

⁵Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord,

And find the knowledge of God.

⁶For the Lord giveth wisdom,

Out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;

⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright,

He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

⁸That He may guard the paths of justice,

And preserve the way of His godly ones.

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice,

And equity, yea, every good path.

¹⁰For wisdom shall enter into thy heart,

And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹Discretion shall watch over thee,

Discernment shall guard thee;

¹²To deliver thee from the way of evil,

From the men that speak froward things;

¹³Who leave the paths of uprightness,

To walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil,

And delight in the frowardness of evil;

¹⁵Who are crooked in their ways,

And perverse in their paths;

¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman,

Even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;

¹⁷That forsaketh the lord of her youth,

And forgetteth the covenant of her God.

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