Proverbs 1:22 - Forerunner Commentary

Proverbs 1:22

The Call of Wisdom

20 ^aWisdom calls aloud¹ outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares.

21 She cries out in the¹ chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words:

22 “How long, you¹ simple ones, will you love simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.

23 Turn at my rebuke;
Surely ^aI will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.

24 ^aBecause I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,

25 Because you ^adisdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,

26 ^aI also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes,

27 When ^ayour terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.

28 “Then^a they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.

29 Because they ^ahated knowledge
And did not ^bchoose the fear of the Lord,

30 ^aThey would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.

31 Therefore ^athey shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.

32 For the¹ turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

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Definitions of words in Proverbs 1:22:

Delight {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

How {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Love {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Love {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Simple {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Other definition entries containing Proverbs 1:22:

Proverbs, The Book Of {I.S.B.E.}
Wisdom {I.S.B.E.}
Wisdom Of God {I.S.B.E.}

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