Proverbs 1:25
But ye have disdained all my etza (counsel), 1 and would have none of my tokhechah (reproof); 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
In Context
24Because I have called, and ye refused, 1 I have stretched out my yad, and no man regarded; 1
26I also will laugh at your calamity; 1 I will mock when your pachad (terror) cometh; 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45And ye returned and wept before Hashem; but Hashem would not listen to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
2 Chronicles 33:10And Hashem spoke to Menasheh, and to his people, but they would not pay heed.
Psalms 81:11I am Hashem Eloheicha 1 Who brought thee out of Eretz Mitzrayim; 1 open thy mouth wide, I will fill it. 1
Proverbs 1:30They would have none of my etza (counsel); 1 they despised all my tokhechah (reproof). 1
Proverbs 12:1He who loveth musar loveth da'as, 1 but he that hateth tokhakhat (reproof, correction) is ba'ar (a boorish, ignorant person). 1
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 →