Proverbs 1:22-24

International Standard Version

²² “You naïve ones, how long will you love naiveté?
    And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing
        or fools hate knowledge?”
²³ Return to my correction!
    Look, I will pour out my spirit on you,
        and I will make my words known to you.

²⁴ “Because I called out to you and you refused to respond—^[a]
    I appealed,^[b] but no one paid attention—