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1.23 :I will make known my words unto you.
 * Because I have called, and ye refused,
 * I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended,
 * But ye have set at nought all my counsel,
 * And would none of my reproof;
 * I also, in your calamity, will laugh,
 * I will mock when your dread cometh;
 * When your dread cometh as a storm,
 * And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind;
 * When trouble and distress come upon you.
 * Then will they call me, but I will not answer,
 * They will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me.
 * For that they hated knowledge,
 * And did not choose the fear of the ;
 * They would none of my counsel,
 * They despised all my reproof.
 * Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,
 * And be filled with their own devices.
 * For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them,
 * And the confidence of fools shall destroy them.
 * But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely,
 * And shall be quiet without fear of evil.'


 * My son, if thou wilt receive my words,
 * And lay up my commandments with thee;
 * So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom,
 * And thy heart incline to discernment;
 * Yea, if thou call for understanding,
 * And lift up thy voice for discernment;
 * If thou seek her as silver,
 * And search for her as for hid treasures;
 * Then shalt thou understand the fear of the ,
 * And find the knowledge of God.
 * For the giveth wisdom,
 * Out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;
 * He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright,
 * He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
 * That He may guard the paths of justice,
 * And preserve the way of His godly ones.
 * Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice,
 * And equity, yea, every good path.
 * For wisdom shall enter into thy heart,
 * And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
 * Discretion shall watch over thee,
 * Discernment shall guard thee;
 * To deliver thee from the way of evil,
 * From the men that speak froward things;
 * Who leave the paths of uprightness,
 * To walk in the ways of darkness;
 * Who rejoice to do evil,
 * And delight in the frowardness of evil;
 * Who are crooked in their ways,
 * And perverse in their paths;
 * To deliver thee from the strange woman,
 * Even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
 * That forsaketh the lord of her youth,
 * And forgetteth the covenant of her God.