I have been calling you, inviting you to come, but you would not listen. You paid no attention to me.

So when you get into trouble, I will laugh at you. I will make fun of you when terror strikes---

Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer. You may look for me everywhere, but you will not find me.

You have never wanted my advice or paid any attention when I corrected you.

Inexperienced people die because they reject wisdom. Stupid people are destroyed by their own lack of concern.

You will lie groaning on your deathbed, your flesh and muscles being eaten away,

and you will say, "Why would I never learn? Why would I never let anyone correct me?

Listen to what you are taught. Be wise; do not neglect it.

Those who find me find life, and the LORD will be pleased with them.

You refuse to let me correct you; you reject my commands.

Guard against turning back from the grace of God. Let no one become like a bitter plant that grows up and causes many troubles with its poison.

If you get more stubborn every time you are corrected, one day you will be crushed and never recover.

Why do you keep on rebelling? Do you want to be punished even more? Israel, your head is already covered with wounds, and your heart and mind are sick.

Surely the LORD looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention; he crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.

Jerusalem, your immoral actions have defiled you. Although I tried to purify you, you remained defiled. You will not be pure again until you have felt the full force of my anger.

I, the LORD, have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not ignore your sins or show pity or be merciful. You will be punished for what you have done." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.

I wouldn't listen to my teachers. I paid no attention to them.

"Suppose someone has a son who is stubborn and rebellious, a son who will not obey his parents, even though they punish him.

They are to say to them, 'Our son is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey us; he wastes money and is a drunkard.'

"So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

"But anyone who hears these words of mine and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Do not deceive yourselves by just listening to his word; instead, put it into practice.

I rebuke and punish all whom I love. Be in earnest, then, and turn from your sins.

Intelligent people want to learn, but stupid people are satisfied with ignorance.

Stupid people are happy with their foolishness, but the wise will do what is right.

It does a fool no good to spend money on an education, because he has no common sense.

Intelligent people are always eager and ready to learn.