Proverbs 1:30 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 1:30

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

KJV

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ASV

They would none of my counsel, They despised all my reproof.

WEB

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

YLT

They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,

DBT

they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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19 verses on the floor

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Psalms 81:11
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Proverbs 1:25
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Proverbs 13:13
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Psalms 106:13
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

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6 ), and therefore she goes on to tell them what will be in the end hereof. (1.) The crime is recited and it is highly provoking. See what it is for which judgment will be given against impenitent sinners in the great day, and you will say they deserve it, and the Lord is righteous in it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

10 ); nay, they despised all my reproof, as if it were all a jest, and not worth taking notice of." Note, Those are marked for ruin that are deaf to reproof and good counsel. [3.] They were exhorted to submit to the government of right reason and religion, but they rebelled against both.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. In either case the address is a most solemn and divine admonition, whose matter and spirit are eminently evangelical and impressive (see on Pr 8:1).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

In vain - The fowler who spreads, his net in the sight of the bird looseth his labour. But these, are more foolish than the silly birds, and though they are not ignorant of the mischief which these evil courses will bring upon themselves, yet they will not take warning. Their own blood - The destruction which they design to others, fall upon themselves.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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