Proverbs 1:31 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

KJV

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ASV

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

WEB

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

YLT

And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

DBT

therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.

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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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33 verses on the floor

Galatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Jeremiah 6:19
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

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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

), according to the proverb, Let men drink as they brew; they shall eat the fruit of their own way; their wages shall be according to their work, and, as was their choice, so shall their doom be, Gal. vi. Note, First, There is a natural tendency in sin to destruction, Jam. i. Sinners are certainly miserable if they do but eat the fruit of their own way.

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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PRO 1:31JOB 4:8 GAL 6:7-8
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PRO 1:31JOB 4:8 PRO 22:8
PRO 1:31PRO 14:14 GAL 6:8
PRO 1:31JOB 4:8 HOS 8:7
PRO 1:31PRO 22:8 JOB 4:8
PRO 1:31PRO 14:14 PRO 12:14
PRO 1:31JOB 4:8 JOB 15:35
PRO 1:31JOB 4:8 2CO 9:6

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