Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 none of my counsell, but despised all my correction.
32For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.
Cross References
Job 4:8As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.
Proverbs 14:14The heart that declineth, shall be saciate with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from him.
Isaiah 3:10Say ye, Surely it shalbe well with the iust: for they shall eate the fruite of their workes.
Jeremiah 6:19Heare, O earth, beholde, I will cause a plague to come vpon this people, euen the fruite of their owne imaginations: because they haue not taken heede vnto my woordes, nor to my Lawe, but cast it off.
Ezekiel 22:31Therefore haue I powred out mine indignation vpon them, and consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their owne wayes haue I rendred vpon their heads, sayth 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 →