13. “Let us find all precious goods, Let us fill our houses with spoil.
14. “Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse,”
15. My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;
16. For their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed blood.
17. For in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird.
18. But they lie in wait for their own blood, They ambush their own lives.
19. Such are the ways of everyone greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.
20. Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the broad places.
21. At the head of the noisy streets she cries out, At the openings of the gates, In the city she speaks her words:
22. “How long, you simple ones, Would you love simplicity, And shall scoffers delight in their scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
23. “Turn at my reproof. See, I pour out my spirit on you, I make my words known to you.
24. “Because I called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one inclined,
25. “And you spurned all my counsel, And would not yield to my reproof,
26. “Let me also laugh at your calamity, Mock when your dread comes,
27. “When your dread comes like a storm, And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
28. “Let them then call on me, but I answer not; Let them seek me, but not find me.
29. “Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of יהוה,