Proverbs 1:30
in Proverbs 1They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
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ASV
They would none of my counsel, They despised all my reproof.
KJV
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
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This verse in Proverbs 1
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThey would none of my counsel,.... Neither his doctrines nor his ordinances; nor would they attend to the wholesome counsel and advice he gave them in his sermons upon the mount, and in other discourses of his at other times and places; they despised all my reproof; for their hypocrisy, uncleanness, covetousness, and other sins they were addicted to; see Mat 23:1; but they "derided" him for it, Luk 16:14; where the same word is used as is by the Septuagint here.
This site's exposition
Then shall they call upon me
on Proverbs 1:28-33
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer describes a door that does not stay open forever, the same reversal the enticement scene ended on, the seeking that comes too late finds nothing, because it hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord in its season. Eat of the fruit of their own way states the whole chapter's logic in one line, consequence as harvest rather than external punishment, filled with their own devices. The chapter's last word turns from threat to promise, whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil, the offer chapters 8 and 9 will make again at greater length.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
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;
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
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.
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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.
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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.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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).
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אָב֥וּ | ʾavu | they yielded | H14 → | 54 times |
| לַעֲצָתִ֑י | laatzati | to advice my | H6098 → | 89 times |
| נָ֝אֲצ֗וּ | naatzu | they spurned | H5006 → | 25 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃ | tokhachti | rebuke my | H8433 → | 28 times |
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
אָב֥וּthey yielded
ʾavuH14 →54 times
לַעֲצָתִ֑יto advice my
laatzatiH6098 →89 times
נָ֝אֲצ֗וּthey spurned
naatzuH5006 →25 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃rebuke my
tokhachtiH8433 →28 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 7:23–24
but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that…
- Deuteronomy 32:18
You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
- Exodus 32:1
Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses…
- Jeremiah 2:11–13
Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
- Hebrews 10:29
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of…
- Jeremiah 7:23–24
Through
Proverbs 1:25because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
it leads to
- Psalms 81:11
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
- Psalms 81:11
Through
Jeremiah 8:9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
it leads to
- Psalms 119:98–100
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
- Psalms 119:98–100
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.