Proverbs 1:30
they would not consent to my counsel, but they detracted from all of my corrections.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
In Context
29For they held hatred for discipline, and they would not accept the fear of the Lord;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:16And after he spoke these things, he responded to him: “Are you the counselor of the king? Be quiet! Otherwise I will put you to death.” And departing, the prophet said, “I know that God has decided to kill you, because you have done this evil, and also because you have not agreed to my counsel.”
Proverbs 1:25You have despised all my counsels, and you have neglected my rebukes.
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men have been confounded; they were terrified and captured. For they cast aside the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom 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 →