Proverbs 1:25

THE MESSAGE

"Since you laugh at my counsel and make a joke of my advice, How can I take you seriously? I'll turn the tables and joke about your troubles! What if the roof falls in, and your whole life goes to pieces? What if catastrophe strikes and there's nothing to show for your life but rubble and ashes? You'll need me then. You'll call for me, but don't expect an answer. No matter how hard you look, you won't find me.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
since you neglected all my counseland did not accept my correction,

Hebrew Names Version
But you have ignored all my counsel, And wanted none of my reproof;

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

English Standard Version
because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,

New Century Version
You did not follow my advice and did not listen when I corrected you.

New English Translation
because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

Amplified Bible
And you treated all my counsel as nothing And would not accept my reprimand,

New American Standard Bible
And you neglected all my advice And did not want my rebuke;

World English Bible
But you have ignored all my counsel, And wanted none of my reproof;

Geneva Bible (1587)
But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction.

Legacy Standard Bible
And you neglected all my counselAnd were not willing to accept my reproof;

Berean Standard Bible
because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

Contemporary English Version
you rejected my advice and paid no attention when I warned you.

Complete Jewish Bible
but instead you neglected my counsel and would not accept my reproof;

Darby Translation
and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Easy-to-Read Version
You ignored my advice and refused to be corrected.

George Lamsa Translation
But you have despised all my counsels, and you were not pleased with my reproof.

Good News Translation
You have ignored all my advice and have not been willing to let me correct you.

Lexham English Bible
You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing to accept.

Literal Translation
but you have ignored all my counsel, and you did not desire my warning.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but all my coucels haue ye despysed, and set my correccios at naught.

American Standard Version
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

Bible in Basic English
You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof;

King James Version (1611)
But ye haue set at nought all my counsell, & would none of my reproofe:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
but ye set at nought my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye dispisiden al my councel; and chargiden not my blamyngis.

Update Bible Version
But you have set at nothing all my counsel, And would have none of my reproof:

Webster's Bible Translation
But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and rejected my reproof:

New King James Version
Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke,

New Living Translation
You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered.

New Life Bible
You did not listen when I told you what you should do, and you would not hear any of my strong words.

New Revised Standard
and because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield,

Douay-Rheims Bible
You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.

Revised Standard Version
and you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,

Young's Literal Translation
And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof;

Contextual Overview

²⁰Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts. At the town center she makes her speech. In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand. At the busiest corner she calls out: ²²"Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance? Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism? Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn? About face! I can revise your life. Look, I'm ready to pour out my spirit on you; I'm ready to tell you all I know. As it is, I've called, but you've turned a deaf ear; I've reached out to you, but you've ignored me. ²⁵"Since you laugh at my counsel and make a joke of my advice, How can I take you seriously? I'll turn the tables and joke about your troubles! What if the roof falls in, and your whole life goes to pieces? What if catastrophe strikes and there's nothing to show for your life but rubble and ashes? You'll need me then. You'll call for me, but don't expect an answer. No matter how hard you look, you won't find me. ²⁹"Because you hated Knowledge and had nothing to do with the Fear-of- God, Because you wouldn't take my advice and brushed aside all my offers to train you, Well, you've made your bed—now lie in it; you wanted your own way—now, how do you like it? Don't you see what happens, you simpletons, you idiots? Carelessness kills; complacency is murder. First pay attention to me, and then relax. Now you can take it easy—you're in good hands."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye: Proverbs 1:30, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Psalms 107:11, Luke 7:30

would: Proverbs 1:30, Proverbs 5:12, Proverbs 12:1, Psalms 81:11

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:31 - the land Judges 10:14 - General 1 Samuel 8:18 - will not hear 1 Kings 12:8 - General 2 Chronicles 10:8 - he forsook Psalms 106:13 - waited Proverbs 1:23 - my reproof Proverbs 10:17 - he that Proverbs 13:13 - despiseth Isaiah 1:24 - Ah Ezekiel 20:13 - and they Matthew 22:5 - they Revelation 3:18 - counsel

Cross-References

Genesis 1:20
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.

Jeremiah 27:5
"‘I'm the one who made the earth, man and woman, and all the animals in the world. I did it on my own without asking anyone's help and I hand it out to whomever I will. Here and now I give all these lands over to my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have made even the wild animals subject to him. All nations will be under him, then his son, and then his grandson. Then his country's time will be up and the tables will be turned: Babylon will be the underdog servant. But until then, any nation or kingdom that won't submit to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon must take the yoke of the king of Babylon and harness up. I'll punish that nation with war and starvation and disease until I've got them where I want them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But ye have set at nought all my counsel,.... The same with "the counsel of God", Acts 20:27. The whole Gospel, and all the truths of it; the entire scheme of salvation by Jesus Christ, which is the produce of divine wisdom, and is according to the counsel of the divine will, and his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus; this the Jews set at nought, made no account of, but despised and rejected, as they did Christ, the author of it, Acts 4:11; as also his ordinances, which go by the same name, because of the wisdom and will of God in them; particularly baptism, rejected by the Scribes and Pharisees, Luke 7:30;

and would none of my reproof; would not hearken to it, nor take it, nor receive any instruction from it nor caution by it; did not like it, but contemned it, and trampled upon it; see Matthew 23:37.