14. Cast in your lot among us,Let us all have one purse”—
15. My son, do not walk in the way with them,Keep your foot from their path;
16. For their feet run to evil,And they make haste to shed blood.
17. Surely, in vain the net is spreadIn the sight of any bird;
18. But they lie in wait for their own blood,They lurk secretly for their own lives.
19. So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;It takes away the life of its owners.
20. Wisdom calls aloud outside;She raises her voice in the open squares.
21. She cries out in the chief concourses,At the openings of the gates in the cityShe speaks her words:
22. “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?For scorners delight in their scorning,And fools hate knowledge.
23. Turn at my rebuke;Surely I will pour out my spirit on you;I will make my words known to you.
24. Because I have called and you refused,I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,