Proverbs 1:17-22 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

17. Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;

18. But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.

19. So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.

20. Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;

21. At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:

22. "How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?

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