The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 1, Verse 25

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

King James Version

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

American Standard Version

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

New English Translation

and you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

World English Bible

but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;