Proverbs 1:30
They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
In Context
29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Proverbs 1:25because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
Jeremiah 8:9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
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 →