Proverbs 1:30
[That] they would not attend to my counsel: [that] they rejected all my admonition.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
In Context
29For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:16And it came to pass, as he was speaking unto him, that he said unto him, Have we ever appointed thee as a counsellor to the king? forbear this: why shouldst thou be smitten? Then did the prophet forbear; and he said, I know that God hath resolved to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
Psalms 119:111I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage to eternity; for they are the joy of my heart.
Proverbs 1:25And ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would not accept my admonition:
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, they are discouraged and caught, lo, the word of the Lord have they rejected; and what wisdom have they [now]?
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 →