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?