Daily reading
Proverbs · I · 20–33
Proverbs 1:20–33 · NLT
VII · X · MMXXVI
Key verses · Proverbs 1:20–33 · NLT
20isdom shouts in the streets. She cries out in the public square. (NLT)
23Come and listen to my counsel. I’ll share my heart with you and make you wise. (NLT)
33But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm. (NLT)
Proverbs 1:20–33 · New Living Translation
20isdom shouts in the streets. She cries out in the public square.
21She calls to the crowds along the main street, to those gathered in front of the city gate:
22“How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?
23Come and listen to my counsel. I’ll share my heart with you and make you wise.
24“I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
25You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered.
26So I will laugh when you are in trouble! I will mock you when disaster overtakes you,
27when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone, and anguish and distress overwhelm you.
28“When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.
29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the Lord.
30They rejected my advice and paid no attention when I corrected them.
31Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way, choking on their own schemes.
32For simpletons turn away from me, to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.
33But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.” (NLT)
A note on Scripture quoting
We’ve hit this translation’s public quoting limit for now, so this is a good time to pick up your own Bible and read the rest of the passage.
In short
Wisdom isn’t hidden away. She’s out in the street, calling to everyone, offering to share her heart. The danger isn’t that wisdom is hard to find; it’s that we keep putting her off until trouble arrives and we’re reaping what our own way has grown.
The promise at the end is gentle: those who listen get to live in peace, without that low hum of fear.
But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm. (NLT)
Proverbs 1:33
Try today
Think of one piece of good counsel you already know you’ve been ignoring (from someone who loves you, a friend, or your own conscience). Don’t wait for a storm to make you listen; take one small step on it today.