Proverbs 1
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets...
...24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: