Proverbs 1:22-24

Modern English Version

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,