Proverbs 1:24-31 ▼

24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

25 and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

26 I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

27 when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

28 -- then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.

29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

30 they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:

31 therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.