💡WEB · Proverbs 1:30

What does Proverbs 1:30 mean?

"They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof."

— Proverbs 1:30 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.

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Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

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because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.

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They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

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Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.

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For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

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But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

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