29 Because they (A)hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord.
30 “They (B)would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.
31 “So they shall (C)eat of the fruit of their own way
And be (D)satiated with their own devices.
32 “For the (E)waywardness of the [a]naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33 “But (F)he who listens to me shall [b]live securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:32 Lit simple ones
  2. Proverbs 1:33 Lit dwell