19. So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain,which takes away the life of its owners.
20. Wisdom cries out in the street;she utters her voice in the markets.
21. She cries at the corner of the streets, in the openings of the gates;she speaks her words in the city, saying:
22. “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?For the scorners delight in their scorning,and fools hate knowledge.
23. Turn at my reproof;surely I will pour out my spirit on you;I will make my words known to you.
24. Because I have called and you refused,I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded,