Proverbs 1:30
They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
In Context
29because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.
31Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? Cease. Why should thou be smitten? Then the prophet ceased, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee,
Psalms 119:111I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Proverbs 1:25but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof,
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are put to shame. They are dismayed and taken. Lo, they have rejected the word of LORD, and what manner of wisdom is in them?
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 →