Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 1:23
23You are repulsed at my rebuke. Behold, I pour out my heart to you. I will make my words known to you.
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
21She cries out above the commotion. At the entrances of the city gates, she utters her speech: 22“How long will you naïve ones love simplicity, you scoffers delight in scoffing, and you fools hate knowledge? You are repulsed at my rebuke. Behold, I pour out my heart to you. I will make my words known to you. 24Because you refused when I called, and did not pay attention when I stretched out my hand, 25since you ignore all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
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תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ לְֽת֫וֹכַחְתִּ֥י הִנֵּ֤ה אַבִּ֣יעָה לָכֶ֣ם רוּחִ֑י אוֹדִ֖יעָה דְבָרַ֣י אֶתְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:23
- Isaiah 55:1“Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water, and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Jeremiah 3:14“Return, O backsliding children,” declares Adonai. “For I am your Husband. I will choose you—one from a city and two from a clan— and will bring you to Zion.
- Ezekiel 18:27But when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he committed and does what is lawful and right, his soul will live.
- Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As I live’—it is a declaration of Adonai—‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Return, return from your evil ways. Why will you die, O house of Israel?’
- Hosea 14:1Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants dashed to pieces, their pregnant women ripped open.
- Acts 3:19Repent, therefore, and return—so your sins might be blotted out,
- Acts 26:20Rather, I kept declaring—first to those in Damascus, and then Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also the Gentiles—that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with that repentance.
- Proverbs 1:25since you ignore all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
- Proverbs 6:23For the mitzvah is a lamp, Torah a light, and corrective discipline the way of life,
- Proverbs 10:17One who heeds discipline is on the path of life, but whoever ignores correction goes astray.
- Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves knowledge loves correction, but whoever hates reproof is stupid.
- Proverbs 29:1One who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed— without remedy.
- Psalms 145:1A psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God, the King, and I will bless Your Name forever and ever.
- Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore, be zealous and repent.
- Isaiah 32:15until the Ruach is poured out on us from on high, and the desert becomes a garden, and a garden seems like a forest.
- Isaiah 45:8“Rain down, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down justice. Let the earth open up, let salvation sprout, and righteousness spring up with it. I, Adonai, 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
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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
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