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Proverbs 1:23

Proverbs 1:23
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Turn ye at my reproof,.... Or rather "to my reproof", for the words are not an exhortation to the conversion of the heart, or to him repentance; but to an attendance to the external ministry of the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The teaching of Divine Wisdom is essentially the same as that of the Divine Word Joh 7:38-39. “Turning,” repentance and conversion, this is what she calls the simple to. The promise of the Spirit is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

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.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

We have here the germ both of later prophecies (Isa 44:3; Joe 2:28 [Heb 3:1]), and of their fulfilment in Christ (Joh 7:37-39; Act 2:33; Joh 7:17).