Proverbs 1:30
They refused my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
In Context
29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Are you made of the king's counsel? forbear; why should you be smitten? Then the prophet ceased, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not hearkened unto my counsel.
Psalms 119:111Your testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Proverbs 1:25But all of you have set at nothing all my counsel, and refused my reproof:
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what 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 →