Proverbs 1:23
If you pay attention to me when I rebuke you, I will tell you what I am thinking in my inner being; I will give you some good advice.
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Psalms 145:1My God and King, I will proclaim that you are very great/glorious; I will praise you [MTY] now and forever.
Proverbs 1:30They would not accept my advice, and they did not pay attention when I tried to correct them.
Proverbs 10:17Those who pay attention when others try to ◄correct them/teach them what they are doing that is wrong► will live ◄happily/for many years►; but those who reject being rebuked will not find the road to life (OR, cause others to go astray).
Proverbs 29:1Some people remain stubborn [IDM] even though they are often reproved/warned about doing what is wrong, but some day they will be crushed/ruined, and nothing will be able to heal them.
Isaiah 45:8And Yahweh also says, “I want my rescue of my people [MET] to fall from the sky like rain. Just like the earth opens wide to accept rain, I will rescue/save my people and cause them to be treated justly. I, Yahweh, am the one who will cause both of those things to happen.
Isaiah 55:6Seek to know me while it is still possible for you to do that; call to me while I am near!
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 →