Proverbs 1:30 (BSB)

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

From Proverbs 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 1:30

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33: Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here shows how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God, which we shall for ever rue the neglect of. Observe, I. By whom God calls to us - by wisdom. It is wisdom that crieth without.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 1:30: They would none of my counsel,.... Neither his doctrines nor his ordinances; nor would they attend to the wholesome counsel and advice he gave them in his sermons upon the mount, and in other discourses of his at other times and places; they despised all my reproof; for their hypocrisy, uncleanness, covetousness, and other sins they were addicted to; see Mat 23:1; but they "derided"...
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 1:30: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. (y) Showing that without faith and obedience, we cannot call on God correctly.
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 1:28-31: Pro 1:28-31 Then - this sublime preacher in the streets continues - distress shall teach them to pray: 28 Then shall they call on me, and I will not answer; They shall early seek after me, and not find me; 29 Because that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jahve.