1:23 If only 1 you will respond 2 to my rebuke, 3
then 4 I will pour 5 out my thoughts 6 to you
and 7 I will make 8 my words known to you.
1:24 However, 9 because 10 I called but you refused to listen, 11
because 12 I stretched out my hand 13 but no one paid attention,
1:25 because 14 you neglected 15 all my advice,
and did not comply 16 with my rebuke,
1:26 so 17 I myself will laugh 18 when disaster strikes you, 19
I will mock when what you dread 20 comes,
1:27 when what you dread 21 comes like a whirlwind, 22
and disaster strikes you 23 like a devastating storm, 24
when distressing trouble 25 comes on you.
1:28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer;
they will diligently seek 26 me, but they will not find me.
1:29 Because 27 they hated moral knowledge, 28
and did not choose to fear the Lord, 29
1:30 they did not comply with my advice,
they spurned 30 all my rebuke.
1:31 Therefore 31 they will eat from the fruit 32 of their way, 33
and they will be stuffed full 34 of their own counsel.
1:32 For the waywardness 35 of the
simpletons will kill 36 them,
and the careless ease 37 of fools will destroy them.
1:33 But the one who listens 38 to me will live in security, 39
and will be at ease 40 from the dread of harm.