Proverbs 1:30
They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
World Messianic Bible British
In The King James Version
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
In Context
29because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of the LORD.
31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:16As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counsellors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
Psalms 119:111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Proverbs 1:25but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected the LORD’s word. What kind of wisdom is 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 →