Proverbs 1:25
in Proverbs 1because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
KJV
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
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This verse in Proverbs 1
Commentary
12 notes on this verseAnd neglected my reproofs. Saying, Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you have taken the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering (Matthew XXIII). And generally, Whoever does not believe is already judged (John III).
This site's exposition
How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways
on Proverbs 1:22-27
Wisdom names three kinds of refusal, “simple ones,” “scoffers” and “fools,” the book's vocabulary for resistance to instruction, from the untaught to the contemptuous. Her answer, “I will mock your calamity,” is the harvest of a chosen path, spoken by the one who warned against it.
This site's exposition
you neglected all my counsel
Counsel is the plan Wisdom lays out, and correction is the warning that goes with it. Bede applies the verse to the scribes and Pharisees who took away the key of knowledge and neither entered themselves nor let others in. Both were refused together.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
What room is there for just complaint when each suffers according to his deeds? There is this exception which I can easily prove, namely, we never suffer in proportion to our deeds, and God deals with us much more leniently than we deal with him. …
The Medieval Church3 voices
A commentator
Gregory the Dialogist40 Homilies on the Gospels, Homily 12 · Written before 604.
proposed
For this is why the Lord says through Solomon: "I called, and you refused; I stretched out my hand, and there was no one who paid attention; you despised all my counsel, and neglected my reproofs. I also will laugh at your destruction, and will mock when what you feared comes upon you. When sudden calamity rushes in, and destruction presses on like a storm, when tribulation and anguish come upon you, then they will call upon me, and I will not hear; they will rise early, and they will not find me." Behold, they cry out to be opened to, and, compelled by the pain of their rejection, they double the title of Lord, saying: "Lord, Lord, open to us." They offer prayers, but they are not known, because the Lord then abandons as if unknown those whom He now does not recognize as His own through the merit of their life.
You have despised all my counsel. Saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matthew III).
A commentator
BonaventureCollationes de Septem Donis, Collation 7 · Written in the 13th century.
proposed
Against those who speak against the counsels of God, it is said in Proverbs: 'I have called and you refused; you have despised all my counsel and neglected my reproofs; therefore I will laugh at your destruction.' A dog, when it lies in the straw …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But ye have set at nought all my counsel,.... The same with "the counsel of God", Act 20:
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-citation-number+unbalanced-parens
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתִּפְרְע֥וּ | vatifreu | and you ignored | H6544 → | 16 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲצָתִ֑י | ʾatzati | advice my | H6098 → | 89 times |
| וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗י | vetokhachti | and rebuke my | H8433 → | 28 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֲבִיתֶֽם׃ | ʾavitem | you yielded to | H14 → | 54 times |
וַתִּפְרְע֥וּand you ignored
vatifreuH6544 →16 times
כָל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
עֲצָתִ֑יadvice my
ʾatzatiH6098 →89 times
וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗יand rebuke my
vetokhachtiH8433 →28 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
אֲבִיתֶֽם׃you yielded to
ʾavitemH14 →54 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
Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
it leads to
- Proverbs 15:10
Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
- Proverbs 9:7–8
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
- Psalms 119:97–100
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
- Proverbs 5:12–13
and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
- Proverbs 18:1
He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
- Proverbs 15:10
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…
- Jeremiah 7:23–24
Through
Proverbs 1:30They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
it leads to
- Psalms 81:11
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Psalms 81:11
Through
Psalms 107:11because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
it leads to
- Psalms 106:43
Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- Psalms 106:43
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This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Bonaventure, Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 7; Gregory the Dialogist, 40 Homilies on the Gospels, Homily 12; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Salvian the Presbyter, THE GOVERNANCE OF GOD 3:9.