Proverbs 1:25
but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
In Context
24Because I have called, and ye have refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded,
26I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45And ye returned and wept before LORD, but LORD did not hearken to your voice, nor gave ear to you.
2 Chronicles 33:10And LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people, but they gave no heed.
Psalms 81:11But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
Proverbs 1:30They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 12:1He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:21-33
Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have… Read the whole commentary →