Proverbs 1:23

Proverbs 1:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
• New International Version (NIV)Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

Context of Proverbs 1:23

21in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech: 22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge? If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you. 24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, 25because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

Proverbs 1:23 word by word

תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ לְֽת֫וֹכַחְתִּ֥י הִנֵּ֤ה אַבִּ֣יעָה לָכֶ֣ם רוּחִ֑י אוֹדִ֖יעָה דְבָרַ֣י אֶתְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• If you had repentedשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
• at my rebukeתּוֹכַ֫חַתtôkêchâh tôkachath · argumentH8433
• then surelyהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• I would have poured outנָבַעnâba‛ · to bubbleH5042
• spirit on youרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• I would have madeיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• my wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• known to youאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853

Cross-references for Proverbs 1:23

• Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
• Jeremiah 3:14“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
• Ezekiel 18:27But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
• Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
• Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
• Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
• Acts 26:20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
• Proverbs 1:25because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
• Proverbs 6:23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
• Proverbs 10:17Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
• Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
• Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• Psalms 145:1I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
• Revelation 3:19Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
• Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
• Isaiah 45:8Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

Commentaries on Proverbs 1:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Turn 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The teaching of Divine Wisdom is essentially the same as that of the Divine Word John 7:38-39. “Turning,” repentance and conversion, this is what she calls the simple to. The promise of the Spirit is also like His John 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-33Verses 20-33 Solomon, having showed how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God. Christ himself is Wisdom, is Wisdoms. Three sorts of persons are here called by Him: 1. Simple ones. Sinners are fond of their simple notions of good and evil, their simple prejudices against the ways of God, and flatter themselves in their wickedness. 2. Scorners. Proud, jovial people, that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23Wisdom invites all three groups to come so she can make them wise (Proverbs 1:22). Having a close relationship with Wisdom means beginning a close relationship with God, which is the basis of true knowledge (Proverbs 1:7; see Job 28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3320-33. Some interpreters regard this address as the language of the Son of God under the name of Wisdom (compare Lu 11:49). Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. In either case the address is a most solemn and divine admonition, whose matter and spirit are eminently evangelical and impressive (see on Pr 8:1). Wisdom--literally, "Wisdoms," the plural…Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 1:23

• Instruction
• Repentance
• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Call
• Consent
• Despise
• Entice
• Hate
• Lurk
• Naught
• Prosperity
• Proverb
• Refrain

Commentaries on Proverbs 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings