Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
In Context
30neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.
32For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
Cross References
Job 4:8Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.
Proverbs 14:14A + 14:14 Lit. bold-hearted. stout-hearted man shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts.
Isaiah 3:10Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against themselves, saying against themselves, Let us bind the just, for he is burdensome to us: therefore shall they eat the fruits of their works.
Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evils upon this people, even the fruit of their rebellions; for they have not heeded my words, and they have rejected my law.
Ezekiel 22:31So I have poured out my wrath upon her in the fury of my anger, to accomplish it. I have recompensed their ways on their own heads, says the Lord God.
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 →