Proverbs 1:30

Bible in Basic English 1965

They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:16

But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.

Psalm 119:111

I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:173

Let your hand be near for my help; for I have given my heart to your orders.

Psalm 81:11

But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

Proverbs 1:25

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

Proverbs 5:12

And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

Jeremiah 36:23

And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?