Proverbs 1:23-33

New King James Version

²³Turn at my rebuke;
Surely ^(A)I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
²⁴^(B)Because I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
²⁵Because you ^(C)disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,
²⁶^(D)I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes,
²⁷When ^(E)your terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.

²⁸“Then^(F) they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
²⁹Because they ^(G)hated knowledge
And did not ^(H)choose the fear of the Lord,
³⁰^(I)They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.
³¹Therefore ^(J)they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
³²For the ^[a]turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
³³But whoever listens to me will dwell ^(K)safely,
And ^(L)will be ^[b]secure, without fear of evil.”