Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“They would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.

King James Version

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Holman Bible

were not interested in my counsel,
and rejected all my correction,

International Standard Version

they did not want my advice, and they rejected all my correction.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

Darby Translation

they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:

Julia Smith Translation

They desired not for my counsels: and derided all my reproofs.

King James 2000

They would have none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Lexham Expanded Bible

they were not willing [to accept] my counsel, they despised all my reproof.

Modern King James verseion

They would have none of my counsel; they despised all my correction,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction.

NET Bible

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke,

Webster

They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
H14
אבה 
'abah 
Usage: 54

References

Fausets

Context Readings

The Call Of Lady Wisdom

29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 30 “They would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.
31 Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own counsel.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:25

for because ye have disregarded all my counsel and rejected my reproof:

Psalm 81:11

But my people did not hearken to my voice, and Israel did not love me.

Psalm 119:111

I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Psalm 119:173

Let thine hand help me, for I have chosen thy precepts.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

Luke 14:18-20

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

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