They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
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They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
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They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
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They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Proverbs 1:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 81:11 But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
- Proverbs 1:25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
- Jeremiah 8:9 The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?
- Luke 14:18-20 They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’ “Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’ “Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
- Psalms 119:173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
- Psalms 119:111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Showing that without faith and obedience, we can not…
Showing that without faith and obedience, we can not call upon God aright.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they…
Pro 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Ver. 30. They would none of my counsel.] These are condemned and menaced, as well as those that despised or execrated God’s reproof. So also in the precedent verse, not only they that "hated knowledge," but that "did not choose the fear of the Lord."
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They despised all my reproof.] Heb., They execrated, blasphemed it.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They would none of my counsel; they refused to…
They would none of my counsel; they refused to be guided by my counsels or precepts.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain They would none of my counsel,.... Neither his doctrines…
They 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. These things are repeated from Pro 1:25, to observe their ingratitude, and how just was their ruin, and what the true cause of it.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Despised. Literally, "destracted," (Haydock) supposing my threats would not…
Despised. Literally, "destracted," (Haydock) supposing my threats would not be put in execution. Hebrew, "they abhorred." (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 30. Would — Used here, as in Pro_1:25, as…
30. Would — Used here, as in Pro_1:25, as a principal verb, the preterite of will. They willed, determined, not to have my counsel.
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