Proverbs 1:23
Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
24Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:30Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 10:17The way of life, to him that observeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproofs, goeth astray.
Proverbs 29:1The man that with a stiff neck despiseth him that reproveth him, shall suddenly be destroyed: and health shall not follow him.
Isaiah 45:8Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a saviour: and let justice spring up together: I the Lord have created him.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.
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 →