20 Wisdom calls out in the street,

she shouts loudly in the plazas;

21 at the head of the noisy streets she calls,

in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

22 "How long will you simpletons love naiveté?

How long will mockers delight in mockery

and fools hate knowledge?

23 If only you will respond to my rebuke,

then I will pour out my thoughts to you

and I will make my words known to you.

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