Proverbs 1:17-22 King James 2000 (KJ2000)

17. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

18. And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

19. So are the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of its owners.

20. Wisdom cries aloud outside; she raises her voice in the open square:

21. She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, saying,

22. How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?

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