Proverbs 1:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I wanted to tell you everything I knew and give you all my knowledge, but you didn’t listen to my advice and teaching.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:11

“You must say to them, ‘The Lord GOD says: By my life, I swear that I don’t enjoy seeing people die—not even evil people! I don’t want them to die. I want them to come back to me. I want them to change their lives so that they can really live. So come back to me! Stop doing bad things! Why must you die, family of Israel?’

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives. Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins.

Joel 2:28

“After this, I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.

Isaiah 32:15

This will continue until God gives us his Spirit from above. Then the desert will become rich farmland and the farmland will be like thick forests.

Acts 26:20

I began telling people to change their hearts and lives and turn back to God. And I told them to do what would show that they had really changed. I went first to people in Damascus. Then I went to Jerusalem and to every part of Judea and told the people there. I also went to the non-Jewish people.

Luke 11:13

Even you who are bad know how to give good things to your children. So surely your heavenly Father knows how to give the Holy Spirit to the people who ask him.”

Zechariah 12:10

I will fill David’s family and the people living in Jerusalem with a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look to me, the one they stabbed, and they will be very sad. They will be as sad as someone crying over the death of their only son, as sad as someone crying over the death of their firstborn son.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves to learn; whoever hates to be corrected is stupid.

Isaiah 45:8

“May the clouds in the skies above pour goodness on the earth like rain. May the earth open up to let salvation grow. And may goodness grow with that salvation, which I, the Lord, created.

Proverbs 29:1

Some people refuse to bend when someone corrects them. Eventually they will break, and there will be no one to repair the damage.

Proverbs 10:17

Those who accept correction show others how to live. Those who reject correction lead others the wrong way.

Psalm 145:1

I will tell of your greatness, my God and King. I will praise your name forever and ever.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, you fell and sinned against God. So come back to the Lord your God.

Jeremiah 3:14

The Lord says, “You people are unfaithful, but come back to me because I am your master. I will take one person from every city and two people from every family and bring you to Zion.

Proverbs 1:30

They ignored my advice and refused to be corrected.

Proverbs 6:23

Your parents give you commands and teachings that are like lights to show you the right way. This teaching corrects you and trains you to follow the path to life.

Proverbs 1:25

You ignored my advice and refused to be corrected.

John 7:39

Jesus was talking about the Spirit. The Spirit had not yet been given to people, because Jesus had not yet been raised to glory. But later, those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit.

Joel 2:27

You will know that I am with Israel. You will know that I am the Lord your God. There is no other God. My people will never be ashamed again.”

Joel 3:1

“Yes, at that time I will bring back the people of Judah and Jerusalem from captivity.