14 cast lots with us;
    we will all share the loot ”—
 15 my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot  on their paths; 
 16 for their feet rush into evil, 
    they are swift to shed blood. 
 17 How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!
 18 These men lie in wait  for their own blood;
    they ambush only themselves! 
 19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.  
20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, 
    she raises her voice in the public square;
 21 on top of the wall  she cries out,
    at the city gate she makes her speech: 
 
22 “How long will you who are simple  love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate  knowledge?
 23 Repent at my rebuke!
    Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
    I will make known to you my teachings.
 24 But since you refuse  to listen when I call 
    and no one pays attention  when I stretch out my hand,
 25 since you disregard all my advice
    and do not accept my rebuke,
 26 I in turn will laugh  when disaster  strikes you;
    I will mock  when calamity overtakes you —
 27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster  sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you. 
 
28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer; 
    they will look for me but will not find me, 
 29 since they hated knowledge
    and did not choose to fear the Lord. 
 30 Since they would not accept my advice
    and spurned my rebuke, 
 31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes. 
 32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them;