Proverbs 1:30

Because they would not attend to my counsel, And have despised all my reproof,—

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

In Context

29Because they have hated knowledge, And have not chosen the fear of the LORD,—

31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own devices;

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Cross References

Psalms 119:111I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; For they are the joy of my heart.

Proverbs 1:25Because ye have rejected all my counsel, And have slighted my rebuke,—

Jeremiah 8:9The wise men shall be confounded; They shall be dismayed and ensnared; Behold, they have rejected the word of Jehovah, And what wisdom is there 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 →

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