Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the p'ri (fruit) of their own derech, 1 and be filled with their own mo'atzot (schemes, devices). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
30They would have none of my etza (counsel); 1 they despised all my tokhechah (reproof). 1
Cross References
Job 4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, 1 and sow amal (trouble), reap the same. 1
Proverbs 14:14The sug (backslider, faithless one) in lev is filled with his own drakhim (roads), 1 but an ish tov shall be satisfied from above himself. 1
Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the tzaddik, that it shall be tov with him; 1 for they shall eat the p'ri of their deeds. 1
Jeremiah 6:19Hear, HaAretz (O Earth); 1 hinei, I will bring ra'ah (evil, disaster) upon HaAm Hazeh, 1 even the p'ri (fruit) of their machsh'vot (schemes), 1 because they have not paid heed unto My devarim, 1 nor to My torah, but rejected it. 1
Ezekiel 22:31Therefore have I poured out Mine za'am (indignation, rage) upon them; I have consumed them with the eish of My evrah (wrath); their own derech have I brought back upon their rosh, saith Adonoi Hashem.
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 →