Proverbs 1:31
And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
Young's Literal Translation
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 have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
32For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
Cross References
Job 4:8As I have seen — ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
Proverbs 14:14From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man — from his fruits.
Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the righteous, that [it is] good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.
Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law — they kick against it.
Ezekiel 22:31And I pour out on them mine indignation, By fire of My wrath I have consumed them, Their way on their own head I have put, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'
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 →