Proverbs 1:25

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Summary

Proverbs 1:25

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Ye

Would

General references

Bible References

Ye

They would not accept my counsel,
And they spurned all my rebuke.

But they kept mocking the messengers of God and despising His words and scoffing at His prophets until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy or healing.

Because they had rebelled against the precepts of God
And spurned the counsel of the Most High.

But the Pharisees and the lawyers [who were experts in the Mosaic Law] annulled and set aside God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.

Would

They would not accept my counsel,
And they spurned all my rebuke.

And you say, “How I hated instruction and discipline,
And my heart despised correction and reproof!

Whoever loves instruction and discipline loves knowledge,
But he who hates reproof and correction is stupid.

“But My people would not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.

General references

Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” Then Esau [no longer able to restrain himself] raised his voice and wept [loudly].

Go, cry out to the gods you have chosen; let them rescue you in your time of distress.”

But he ignored the advice which the elders gave him and consulted the young men who grew up with him and served him.

They would not accept my counsel,
And they spurned all my rebuke.