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Proverbs 1:24-26
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 1:24-26
New Catholic Bible
24 “However, because you refused to listen to my call,
because no one heeded when I stretched out my hand,
25 and because you rejected all my counsel
and ignored all my warnings,
26 [a]I in my turn will laugh at your distress
and mock you when panic overwhelms you,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:26 Wisdom laughs in reaction to the foolishness of the mockers who have rejected her warnings and brought ruin on themselves. They suffer the same fate as the scoundrel (Prov 6:12-15).