Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
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Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
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Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 1:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 33:11 Tell them, ‘ “As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?” ’
- Acts 3:19 “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
- Ezekiel 18:27-30 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive. Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die. Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair? “Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity will not be your ruin.
- Acts 2:36-38 “Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Joel 2:28 “It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
- Isaiah 32:15 until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
- Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.
- Proverbs 12:1 Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
- Isaiah 55:1-3 “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness. Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Zechariah 12:10 I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
- Luke 11:13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
- Acts 26:20 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
- Revelation 3:16-19 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked; I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Proverbs 10:17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
- John 7:36-37 What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?” Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
- Psalms 145:1 I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
- Proverbs 29:1 He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
- Isaiah 45:8 Rain, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.
- Proverbs 1:30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
- Jeremiah 3:14 “Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh; “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
- Hosea 14:1 Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.
- Proverbs 1:25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
- Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I…
Pro 1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Ver. 23. Turn you at my reproof.] He that reproves, and then directs not how to do better, is as he that snuffs a lamp, but pours not in oil to maintain it.
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Behold, I will pour out my Spirit.] Now, if men make their hearts as an adamant, lest they should hear, &c., and wilfully withstand the Spirit, let them read their neck-verse in the following words, and in that parallel text. {Zec 7:11-13} Resisting the Spirit is a step to the unpardonable sin.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Turn ye from your evil courses unto me.
Turn ye from your evil courses unto me.
At my reproof; upon this admonition here given to you. I will pour out; if you will do so, I will freely and abundantly impart unto you.
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My spirit; either my mind, as spirit is taken, Psa 77:6; Pro 29:11; or the gifts and graces of my Spirit, which he hath promised to such persons, Luk 11:13; Joh 4:14; 7:39.
I will make known my words unto you; by my Spirit I will cause you truly and savingly to understand my word, which is hid from others, 2Co 4:3
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Turn ye at my reproof,.... Or rather "to my…
Turn ye at my reproof,.... Or rather "to my reproof", for the words are not an exhortation to the conversion of the heart, or to him repentance; but to an attendance to the external ministry of the word preached, which reproves of sin, righteousness, and judgment; and does not design the turning of the heart to it, which is God's work, but the turning of the face and ears to hear it; and so the Targum,
"turn your face to my reproof,''
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and not your backs, as they did, showing a dislike of it; or, as Aben Ezra,
"turn ye to hear my reproof;''
turn your ears and listen to it, and do not pull away the shoulder, or stop your ears that you may not hear it;
behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you; not "upon you", but "unto you": for the Holy Spirit of God is not here designed, and the effusion of his gifts, ordinary and extraordinary, or of his special grace; but the mind of Wisdom, or Christ, as the word is used in Pro 29:11. Some interpret it, "here, my will" (d); the external revelation of his will made in the ministry of the word, by whom "grace and truth", the doctrines of grace and truth, "came" in their full extent, Joh 1:17; for as the doctrines of "grace were poured into his lips", Psa 45:2, so they were poured out by them again, out of his heart, as out of a fountain or well, as the word (e) here used signifies; which denotes the large and abundant revelation of the Gospel by Christ, and is mentioned as an encouragement to men to attend unto it; which sense is confirmed by what follows;
I will make known my words unto you; the doctrines of the Gospel, words of grace and wisdom, and such as never man spake as Christ did, his enemies being witnesses; the words of peace and reconciliation, of life and righteousness, and of eternal salvation, which were made known in a ministerial way by Christ and his apostles; but the Jews were such fools as to hate and despise the knowledge of these things; wherefore it follows:
(d) So some in Ben Melech. (e) "fluere, vel scaturire faciam", Baynus; "scatebrae instar effundam", Cocceius, Michaelis; "scaturiam", Gussetius; "ebulliam", Schultens; so Ben Melech.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain My words - By my spirit I will cause…
My words - By my spirit I will cause you to understand my word.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. Turn you at my reproof] לתוכחתי lethochachti,…
Verse 23. Turn you at my reproof] לתוכחתי lethochachti, at my convincing mode of arguing; attend to my demonstrations. This is properly the meaning of the original word.
I will pour out my spirit unto you] "I wil expresse my mynde unto you;" COVERDALE. Loo I shall bryngen to you my Spirit; Old MS. Bible. If you will hear, ye shall have ample instruction.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The teaching of Divine Wisdom is essentially the same…
The teaching of Divine Wisdom is essentially the same as that of the Divine Word Joh 7:38-39. “Turning,” repentance and conversion, this is what she calls the simple to. The promise of the Spirit is also like His Joh 14:26. And with the spirit there are to be also the “words” of Wisdom. Not the “spirit” alone, nor “words” alone, but both together, each doing its appointed work - this is the divine instrumentality for the education of such as will receive it.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain reproof--implying conviction deserving it (compare Joh 16:8, Margin).
reproof--implying conviction deserving it (compare Joh 16:8, Margin).
pour out--abundantly impart.
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my spirit--whether of wisdom personified, or of Christ, a divine agent.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 23. Turn — Or, Would ye turn? a wish…
23. Turn — Or, Would ye turn? a wish expressed interrogatively. You are going the wrong way, turn — the New Testament idea — be converted, turned about.
Reproof — Admonition, argument, or correction.
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Pour out — Would cause my spirit to well up to you or within you, that is, the spirit or disposition of wisdom. “I will communicate my whole mind to you, and explain things in the clearest manner.” — Orton. The Speaker’s Com. thinks this anticipates Joe_2:28, and our Lord’s promise, Joh_14:26; Joh_15:26. The teacher seems to represent Wisdom as here pausing and waiting for the effect of her appeal. But, on the supposition that no response is given, no effect produced, then come the terrible denunciations of the following verses.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. We have here the germ both of later…
23. We have here the germ both of later prophecies (Isa_44:3; Joe_2:28 [Heb_3:1]), and of their fulfilment in Christ (Joh_7:37-39; Act_2:33; Joh_7:17).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) I will pour out my spirit unto you.—Comp.…
(23) I will pour out my spirit unto you.—Comp. the prophecy of Joe_2:28, promised by our Lord (Joh_7:38-39), and fulfilled at Pentecost (Act_2:17).
I will make known my words unto you.—For a similar promise that God’s will shall be revealed to those who fear and follow Him, comp. Psa_25:14 : “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him;” and Christ’s promise: “If any man will do God’s will, he shall know of the doctrine,” &c. (Joh_7:17).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Turn you at my reproof. A call is here…
Turn you at my reproof. A call is here made to repentance. The meaning seems to be "return to my reproof," i.e. place yourselves under my reproof (as Gejerus, Delitzsch), the l Being represented by ad, as in the Vulgate: convertimini ad correptionem meam. It is susceptible, however, of a different reading, i.e. "in consequence of, or because of (propter), my reproof," the prefix l being found in Num_16:34, "They fled at the cry," i.e. because of the cry. Reproof (tjkwOt, thochakhath); i.e. rebuke, or correction, by words. The LXX elegcov conveys the argumentative conviction which will be present in the reproof.
The word occurs again in vers. 23, 25, and 30 of this chapter, and also in Pro_3:11 Pro_5:12 Pro_6:23 Pro_27:5 Pro_29:15. Behold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you. The promise consequent upon, and the encouragement to, repentance. The promise is conditioned if those addressed will heed the reproof of Wisdom, then she will pour forth her Spirit upon them, and cause them to know her words The verb hibbia (yBihi), "to stream forth, or gush out," is here used figuratively. The outflow of the Spirit of Wisdom will be like the abundant and continuous gushing forth of water from the spring or fountain. The verb unites in it the figures of abundant fulness and refreshing invigoration (Umbreit, Elster); comp. Pro_15:2, 28 Psa_59:7 Psa_119:171 Ecc_10:1. We have here striking anticipation of the prophecy of Joel. (Joe_2:28) The Spirit is that of Wisdom "and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and godly strength, the Spirit of knowledge and true godliness" (see Confirmation Office). The explanation of Beda, that it signifies her anger, is clearly inadmissible. I will make known my words unto you; i.e. as the LXX, "I will teach you my word" (didaxw ), or as the Vulgate "show" (ostendam), "expound, or make clear." My words (dvari); i.e. precepts, or doctrine, or secrets. An intimate relation subsists between the "Spirit" of Wisdom and her "words," with which it is parallel. The former is the illuminating, invigorating principle which infuses life and power into the "words" of Wisdom, which she has already given, and which are already in our possession. Wisdom stands in the same relation to her words as the Divine Logos does to his utterances, into which he infuses himself. "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life". (Joh_6:63. See Delitzsch,wardlaw, in loc. )
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Wisdom continues to speak. (See: Personification)
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Pay attention
"Listen carefully"
I will pour out my thoughts to you
Wisdom telling the people everything she thinks about them is spoken of as if her thoughts were a liquid that she would pour out. (See: Metaphor)
I will make my words known to you
"I will tell you what I think"
I reached out with my hand
This phrase is an idiom that means to beckon someone or to invite a person to come. AT: "I invited you to come to me" (See: Idiom)
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rebuke
word
know
call
instruct
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:23 Wisdom invites all three groups (1:22) to come…
1:23 Wisdom invites all three groups (1:22) to come so she can make them wise. An intimate relationship with Wisdom means entering an intimate relationship with God, the foundation of true knowledge (1:7; see Job 28).
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