Proverbs 1:31
Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
World English Bible British
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 wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
32For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
Cross References
Job 4:8According to what I have seen, those who plough iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.
Proverbs 14:14The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.
Jeremiah 6:19Hear, earth! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Ezekiel 22:31Therefore I have poured out my indignation on them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have brought their own way on their 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 →